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Lamia (Greek: Λαμία) is a city in central Greece (population 75,000). It is a site of archaeological excavation (a castle dating from the pre-classical years, reconstructed in the early middle ages). Lamia is the capital of the prefecture of Fthiotis and the region of "Eastern Sterea Ellada" (comprising 5 prefectures). It is the provincial capital of Fthtiotis.
Name
One account says that the city was named after the mythological figure of Lamia, the daughter of Poseidon queen of the Trachineans. Another says that it is named after the Malians, the inhabitants of the surrounding area. In the middle ages (AD 869) Lamia was called Zetounion being the seat of a bishop.
Conquered by the Latins after 1204, the city was known as Zirtounion, Zitonion, Girton (during the Frankish rule), and (under the Catalan rule) El Cito. The Turks called it Iztin.
Lamia, Satellite image
Lamia, Panorama of the city taken from the city's castle, Image by Dimitri Raftopoulos, July 2004.
Historical population
| Statistics |
| Prefecture: |
Fthiotis |
| Province: |
Province of Fthiotis |
| Location: |
38° 53' 50" N. 22° 25' 52" E. |
| Population: (2001) |
58,601
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Elevation:
-lowest:
-centre:
-highest: |
sea level
about 50 m(centre)
around 800 to 1,000 m |
| Postal code: |
351 00 |
| Area/distance code: |
11-30-22310, (030-22310)-2 to 4/5? |
| Municipal code: |
4912 |
| Car designation: |
MI |
| 3-letter abbreviation: |
LAM (Lamia) |
| Name of inhabitants: |
Lamian sing., -s pl. |
| Address |
9 Leosthenous Dedousi Str.
Lamia 351 00
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| Year |
Communal population |
Municipal population |
| 1981 |
41846 |
- |
| 1991 |
44084 |
55445 |
| 2001 |
46406 |
58601 |
History
Drachme , Lamia Head, Philoctetes on Lemnos, Text Lamiaion, 302/386 BC
Although inhabited since the 5th millennium BC, the city was first mentioned after the earthquake of 424 BC, when it was an important Spartan military base. It was occupied by Alexander king of Macedonia; the Athenians rebelled at his death. His successor Antipatros after losing the fight against the Athenians and their allies, took refuge behind the substantial walls of the city (Lamian war 323 BC–322 BC). The war ended at the death of the general of the Athenian troops, Leosthenes, and the arrival of a 20,000-strong Macedonian army. Lamia afterwards propered in the third century BC under Aetolian hegemony, which came to an end when Acilius Glabrio sacked the city in 190 BC.
Woman from Lamia, 1877
Division of the municipality
- Lamia / Δ.δ. Λαμιέων -- η Λαμία [ 46406 ]
- Agia Paraskevi / Δ.δ. Αγίας Παρασκευής (Λιμογαρδίου) [ 1012 ]
- Agia Paraskevi / η Αγία Παρασκευή [ 957 ]
- Agradoula / η Αγραδούλα [ 2 ]
- Limogardion / το Λιμογάρδιον [ 35 ]
- Palaiochorion / το Παλαιοχώριον [ 18 ]
- Anthili / Δ.δ. Ανθήλης -- η Ανθήλη [ 1475 ]
- Divri / Δ.δ. Δίβρης -- η Δίβρη [ 302 ]
- Thermopyles / Δ.δ. Θερμοπυλών [ 565 ]
- Thermopyles / οι Θερμοπύλες [ 273 ]
- Loutra Thermopylon / τα Λουτρά Θερμοπυλών [ 292 ]
- Kalamakion / Δ.δ. Καλαμακίου [ 316 ]
- Kalamakion / το Καλαμάκιον [ 302 ]
- Moni Antinitsis / η Μονή Αντινίτσης [ 14 ]
- Komma / Δ.δ. Κόμματος -- το Κόμμα [ 710 ]
- Kostalexis / Δ.δ. Κωσταλέξη -- ο Κωσταλέξης [ 753 ]
- Lygaria / Δ.δ. Λυγαριάς [ 807 ]
- Lygaria / η Λυγαριά [ 573 ]
- Agrilia / η Αγριλιά [ 234 ]
- Megali Vrysi / Δ.δ. Μεγάλης Βρύσης -- Μεγάλη Βρύση [ 890 ]
- Roditsa / Δ.δ. Ροδίτσης -- η Ροδίτσα [ 2632 ]
- Stavros / Δ.δ. Σταυρού -- ο Σταυρός [ 2090 ]
- Frantzis / Δ.δ. Φραντζή [ 643 ]
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Links
Castle of Lamia
Lamia Archaeological Museum
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