Karitsa ( el, Καρίτσα, ) 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
Agia municipality.
Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of
Evrymenes.
The 2011 census recorded 436 inhabitants in the village and 536 in the community.
The community of Karitsa covers an area of 23.241 km
2.
Administrative division
The community of Palaiopyrgos consists of three separate settlements:
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Agia Paraskevi (population 2,493 in 2015)
*Karitsa (population 436)
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Kokkino Nero
Kokkino Nero ( el, Κόκκινο Νερό) is a village and beach located at the foot of Mount Ossa in the community of Karitsa, municipal unit of Evrymenes, municipality of Agia, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', ...
(population 95)
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Plateia Ammos (population 3)
Geography
The village is located on the eastern slopes of
Mount Ossa overseeing the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...
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Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Karitsa was 436 people, a decrease of almost 17% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.
See also
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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)