Kryoneri ( el, Κρυονέρι meaning "cold water", before 1927: Στούγκο - ''Stougko''
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Nevropoli Agrafon ( el, Νευρόπολη Αγράφων) is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lake Plastiras
Lake Plastiras ( el, Λί ...
, Karditsa regional unit, Greece
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. The community Kryoneri includes the village Koutsodimos. Kryoneri is situated in the mountains northwest of Lake Plastiras
Lake Plastiras ( el, Λίμνη Πλαστήρα) also called Tavropos Reservoir ( el, Τεχνητή Λίμνη Ταυρωπού) is an artificial lake fed by Tavropos (Megdovas) river, located in Karditsa regional unit, near the city of Kar ...
, at about 880 m elevation. It is 11 km south of Mouzaki
Mouzaki ( el, Μουζάκι) is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the Thessalian plain, where the river Pamisos (Thes ...
and 21 km west of the city of Karditsa
Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly.
Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the ...
. Its residents are based in agriculture
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.
Population
History
The village was founded in the valley southeast of its present location. It was relocated to its present, safer location during the Ottoman rule of Greece. The new village was named Stougko. As a result of the 1525 treaty of Tamasi, the Agrafa
Agrafa ( el, Άγραφα, ) is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa regional units in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range. There is also a municipality with the same n ...
area was ''de facto'' independent; the name "Agrafa" means "unwritten", the area was not recorded by the Ottomans.
See also
*List of settlements in the Karditsa regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece:
* Achladia
* Agia Paraskevi
* Agia Triada
* Agiopigi
* Agios Akakios
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Theodoros
* Agios Vissarios
* Agnantero
* Aidonochori
...
References
External links
Plastiras Lake
{{Nevropoli Agrafon
Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)
Lake Plastiras (municipality)