Farkadona
Encyclopedia
Farkadona is a municipality in the southeastern Trikala peripheral unit, part of Thessaly
in Greece
. Its 2001 population was 2,387 for the town and 15,881 for the municipality. The Larissa peripheral unit is to the east and the Karditsa peripheral unit to the south. Farkadona is located southwest of Elassona
, west of Larissa
, east-northeast of the city of Karditsa
and east of the city of Trikala
and is situated in the Thessalian Plain. It also serves as the seat of the municipality. It was known as Tsioti. Farkadona is connected with the GR-6
(Larissa
- Trikala
- Ioannina
- Igoumenitsa
).
After World War II
and the Greek Civil War
, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world.
Electricity
and automobile
s arrived in the 1960s, the town was linked with pavement in the late 20th century, and television
arrived in the 1980s. Internet
and computer
s arrived in the late-1990s.
Thessaly
Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Its 2001 population was 2,387 for the town and 15,881 for the municipality. The Larissa peripheral unit is to the east and the Karditsa peripheral unit to the south. Farkadona is located southwest of Elassona
Elassona
Elassona is a town and a municipality in the Larissa peripheral unit in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson - Ὀλοοσσών and was a town of the ancient "Perrhaebi", known today as Thessaly. It is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus...
, west of Larissa
Larissa
Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens...
, east-northeast of the city of Karditsa
Karditsa
Karditsa is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa peripheral unit.Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BCE. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the road to Karpenisi, and the road to Palamas and Larissa...
and east of the city of Trikala
Trikala
Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala peripheral unit, and is located NW of Athens, NW, of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki, and W of Larissa...
and is situated in the Thessalian Plain. It also serves as the seat of the municipality. It was known as Tsioti. Farkadona is connected with the GR-6
Greek National Road 6
Greek National Road 6 is a highway in north-central Greece. It begins at the port of Igoumenitsa and ends at Larissa. Part of the new road is run under the name Egnatia Odos from Igoumenitsa to east of the tunnel at Metsovo. It has junctions of GR-19GR-5/20/E55, GR-15, GR-30 and finally at...
(Larissa
Larissa
Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens...
- Trikala
Trikala
Trikala is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece. It is the capital of the Trikala peripheral unit, and is located NW of Athens, NW, of Karditsa, E of Ioannina and Metsovo, S of Grevena, SW of Thessaloniki, and W of Larissa...
- Ioannina
Ioannina
Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...
- Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa , is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit Thesprotia. Its original ancient name used to be Titani....
).
Municipality
The municipality Farkadona was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:- Farkadona
- OichaliaOichalia, TrikalaOichalia ) is a town and a former municipality in the Trikala peripheral unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Farkadona, of which it is a municipal unit. Its 2001 population was 5,783, its town population was 2,936...
- PelinnaioiPelinnaioiPelinnaioi is a former municipality in the Trikala peripheral unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Farkadona, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,005 . The seat of the municipality was in Taxiarches....
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Farkadona is divided into the following communities:- Achladochori
- GrizanoGrizanoGrizano is a town in the Trikala Prefecture, Greece, part of the Farkadona municipality. Its 2001 population was 1,548...
- Diasello
- Farkadona
- Keramidi
- Panagitsa
- Pineias
- ZarkoZarkoZarko is a village in the Farkadona municipality, Trikala Prefecture, Greece. Zarko had a 2001 population of 1,498. Zarko is located southwest of Tyrnavos, west of Larissa, north-northeast of Karditsa and east of the city of Trikala...
Population
| Year | Town population | Municipality population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 2,117 | - |
| 1991 | 2,330 | 7,456 |
| 2001 | 2,387 | 7,093 |
After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and the Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...
, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world.
History
Farkadona is one of the oldest towns in Trikala prefecture. The oldest town of Farkadona is located near the village of Klokotos,7 km from the modern town. The new town of Farkadona was founded in 1542.Electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
and automobile
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
s arrived in the 1960s, the town was linked with pavement in the late 20th century, and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
arrived in the 1980s. Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
and computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
s arrived in the late-1990s.