Tsapournia, Larissa

Tsapournia (Greek: Τσαπουρνιά, Greek pronunciation: [t͡sapuɾ'ɲa]) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Sarantaporo, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2011 census recorded 179 inhabitants in the village and 335 in the community.[1] The community of Tsapournia covers an area of 27.197 km2.[3]

For other uses, see Tsapournia.
Tsapournia
Τσαπουρνιά
Tsapournia is located in Greece
Tsapournia
Tsapournia
Coordinates: 40°2.6′N 22°1.8′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitLarissa
MunicipalityElassona
Municipal unitSarantaporo
Elevation
786 m (2,579 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Rural
179
Community
[1]
 • Population335 (2011)
 • Area (km2)27.197
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
402 00
Area code(s)+30-2493-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registrationPIx-xxxx

History

The settlement is recorded as village and as "Çapurna" and as "Mavrolithari" in the Ottoman Maliyeden Müdevver Defter number 66 dating to 1470.[4]

Administrative division

The community of Tsapournia consists of two settlements:[1]

Economy

The population of Tsapournia is occupied in animal husbandry and agriculture.[5]

Population

According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Tsapournia was 179 people, a decrease of almost 3% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.[1][3]

Year Population
2001[3]185
2011[1]179

See also

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. p. 173. ISBN 9789751962386.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. "Τσαπουρνιά". elassona.com.gr. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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