Trikala is a town in the eastern part of Imathia between the boundaries of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Thessaloniki is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. It is the second most populous regional unit in Greece, behind Central Athens.-Geography:...

 and Pieria prefectures that are about 4 to 5 km away. The town (whose 2001 census population was 1,170) is in the municipal unit of Platy

Platy, Greece

Platy is a town and a municipality in eastern Imathia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandreia, of which it is a municipal unit.-History:...

 and sits between the Aliakmon and the Loudias rivers. Trikala is linked with the road linking with Koryfi

Koryfi

Koryfi may refer to:* Koryfi, Kozani, a village in Greece* Koryfi, Elis, a village in Greece...

 and the Via Egnatia

Via Egnatia

The Via Egnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey.Starting at Dyrrachium on the...

 along with the old road that is the GR-4

Greek National Road 4

Greek National Road 4 is a national highway of Greece. It passes through Kozani, Veria and Edessa....

 (Thessaloniki - Veria - Kozani

Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley...

). It is located west-southwest of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

, north of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and Katerini

Katerini

Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of Pieria regional unit. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m. The town, which is one of the newest in Greece, has a population of 83,764...

, east-northeast of Veria, east of Alexandreia

Alexandreia

Alexandreia is a city in the Imathia peripheral unit, Greece.-Municipality:The municipality Alexandreia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:* Alexandreia...

 and southeast of Aridaia

Aridaia

Aridaía is a town and a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Almopia, of which it is a municipal unit. It was the capital of the former Almopia eparchy...

.

Nearest places

• Koryfi, northwest
• Platanos (Tsinaforo), south
• Platy
  Platy, Greece
  Platy is a town and a municipality in eastern Imathia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandreia, of which it is a municipal unit.-History:...
  
  , northwest
• Aloros (Kaliani), southeast

Population

Year	Population
1981	1,653
1991	1,725
2001	1,710

History

The origins of Trikala can be traced back to the late 18th century. The church of Agios Dimitrios (St.Demetrius) was built in 1750. The original name of the town, before the first refugees from Northern Thrace

Northern Thrace

North Thrace or Northern Thrace constitutes the northern and the largest part of the historical region of Thrace...

 in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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 arrived in 1925, was Karyes (meaning walnut trees), the current name, Trikala, means "three good things."

Trikala was ruled by the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 until the Balkan Wars

Balkan Wars

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 of 1913, afterwards, it finally joined Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. The majority of the population of Trikala to this day is made up by immigrants arriving from the Northern Thrace

Northern Thrace

North Thrace or Northern Thrace constitutes the northern and the largest part of the historical region of Thrace...

 region of Bulgaria after a mutual population exchange between the two countries and their descendants. In 1935, Trikala saw an influx of Sarakatsani

Sarakatsani

The Sarakatsani are a group of Greek transhumant shepherds inhabiting chiefly Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. Historically centered around the Pindus mountains, they have been currently urbanised to a significant degree...

 settlers. Some refugees from Pontus

Pontus

Pontus or Pontos is a historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region in antiquity by the Greeks who colonized the area, and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea: Πόντος...

 arrived before 1940. After World War II

World War II

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 and the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

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, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Some of its residents moved to other parts of Greece and the world. The population dramatically lost between 1981 and 2001.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

Trikala was one of the cities on August 6, 2007 that recorded the heaviest daily rainfall that amounted to about 100 to 120 mm in a single day. Several properties were flooded and some residents were stranded.