Trygona
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Trygona is a Greek
mountain village located west of Karditsa
in the western part of the Karditsa peripheral unit. Trygona is in the municipal district of Drakotrypa and the municipality of Mouzaki
. Trygona had a population of 104 in 2001. Trygona is located 35 km west of Karditas and is in the foot of the Pindus
mountains. Its residents are based in agriculture
.
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, between 1981 and 1991, it saw a population loss and it lost enormously between 1991 and 2001.
Greece
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mountain village located west 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...
in the western part of the Karditsa peripheral unit. Trygona is in the municipal district of Drakotrypa and the municipality of Mouzaki
Mouzaki
Mouzaki is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa Prefecture, Greece. Mouzaki is located 50 km from Anthiro, 75 km northeast from Vragkiana, 34 km from Petrilo and 28 km west of Karditsa. It is also located 20 km from Trikala and 180 km east of Arta...
. Trygona had a population of 104 in 2001. Trygona is located 35 km west of Karditas and is in the foot of the Pindus
Pindus
The Pindus mountain range is located in northern Greece and southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2637 m . Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is often called the "spine of Greece"...
mountains. Its residents are based in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
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Population
Year | Population |
---|---|
1981 | 863 |
1991 | 579 |
2001 | 104 |
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, between 1981 and 1991, it saw a population loss and it lost enormously between 1991 and 2001.