Makrychori

Periphery: Thessaly
Prefecture : Larissa

Municipality Makrychori

Makrychori (Greek: ) is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Population 2976 (2001). ). The municipality was created under the Kapodistrias Law in 1997 out of the former communes of Elateias, Evangelismos, Gyrtonis and Parapotamos. Between 1881 (when the area became a part of Greece) and 1913, the town was next to the Greek-Ottoman border until the end of the Balkan Wars when Greece became enlarged.

Geography

Makrychori is located next to the Thessalian Plain, situated between the Pineios River and the GR-1/E75 (Athens - Larissa - Thessaloniki). The mountains can be seen to the west and east, the southern portions of the municipality are farmlands. A part of the city of Larissa can be seen predominantly in the higher elevations.


Year Municipal population Municipal district population Village population e

1991 - - 1941
1991 3004 - 1666
2001 2976 1863 1787

Other

Makrychori has a few schools, lyceums (middle school), a gymnasium (high school), banks, churches, a post office, a train station and a square (plateia).


Division of the municipality

  • Makrychorion / Δ.δ. Μακρυχωρίου [ 1863 ]
    • Makrychorion / το [ 1787 ]
    • Gyrtoni / η Γυρτώνη [ 76 ]
  • Elateia / Δ.δ. Ελατείας -- η Ελάτεια [ 599 ]
  • Evangelismos / Δ.δ. Ευαγγελισμού Λαρίσης -- ο Ευαγγελισμός [ 178 ]
  • Parapotamos / Δ.δ. Παραποτάμου -- ο Παραπόταμος [ 336 ]

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