Damasi ( el, Δαμάσι, ) is a village and a
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
of the
Tyrnavos municipality.
Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of
Tyrnavos
Tyrnavos ( el, Τύρναβος) is a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, of the Thessaly region of Greece. It is the second-largest town of the Larissa regional unit, after Larissa. The town is near the mountains and the Thessalian Plain ...
.
The 2011 census recorded 1,380 inhabitants in the village and 1,444 inhabitants in the municipal unit.
The community of Damasi covers an area of 143.35 km
2.
In the territory of Damasi lies the site of the ancient city of
Phalanna
Phalanna ( grc, Φάλαννα), was a town and polis (city-state) of the Perrhaebi in ancient Thessaly, situated on the left bank of the Peneius, southwest of Gonnus. Strabo says that the Homeric Orthe became the acropolis of Phalanna; but in ...
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Administrative division
The community of Damasi consists of two settlements:
*Damasi (population (1,380)
*
Damasouli (population 64)
Population
According to the
2011 census, the population of the settlement of Damasi was 1,380 people, an increase of almost 1% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.
See also
*
List of settlements in the Larissa regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Larissa regional unit, Greece.
* Achilleio
* Aetolofos
* Agia
* Agia Sophia
* Agioi Anargyroi
* Agios Georgios, Farsala
* Agios Georgios, Kileler
* Agnanteri
* Aigani
* Akri
* Alexandrini
* Amouri
* ...
References
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Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)
Tyrnavos