Krannonas ( el, Κραννώνας) is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Larissa regional unit,

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Kileler Kileler ( el, Κιλελέρ, between 1919 and 1985: Κυψέλη - ''Kypseli''EETAA local ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located southwest of the regional capital

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

. In 2011 its population was 109 for the village, 177 for the community and 2,289 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 205.242 km². The seat of the municipality was

Agioi Anargyroi Agioi Anargyroi ( el, Άγιοι Ανάργυροι) is a suburb in the north-central part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It takes its name from the " Holy Unmercenaries": saints who received no payment for their medical services. Since the ...

. It is located north of

Farsala Farsala ( el, Φάρσαλα), known in Antiquity as Pharsalos ( grc, Φάρσαλος, la, Pharsalus), is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Farsala is located in the southern part of Larissa regional unit, and is one of its largest towns. ...

and NNE of

Palamas Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Population 16,726 (2011). Palamas is located south-southwest of Larissa, the capital of Thessaly, northwest of Lamia, north of Sofades, east-nort ...

and Karditsa. The municipal unit boundaries extend as far south as the Fyllio Mountains where its highest point is 533 m, as far north as

Koilada Koilada ( el, Κοιλάδα) is a village and a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital ...

and

and as far east as Nikaia. In the west it borders the Karditsa regional unit. In the territory of Krannonas, at a place called Palealarissa, is the site of the ancient city of

Crannon Cranon ( grc, Κρανών) or Crannon (Κραννών) was a town and polis (city-state) of Pelasgiotis, in ancient Thessaly, situated southwest of Larissa, and at the distance of 100 stadia from Gyrton, according to Strabo. Spelling differs am ...

, the site of the decisive battle of the

Lamian War The Lamian War, or the Hellenic War (323–322 BC) was fought by a coalition of cities including Athens and the Aetolian League against Macedon and its ally Boeotia. The war broke out after the death of the King of Macedon, Alexander the Great, ...

between

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

and

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

with its allies.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Krannonas is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *

(Agioi Anargyroi, Mesorrachi) * Agios Georgios *

Doxaras Doxaras () is a village of the Grevena municipality. The 2011 census recorded 208 residents in the village. Doxaras is a part of the community of Grevena. See also * List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit This is a list of settlements ...

*Krannonas (Krannonas, Kampos) *

Kyparissos In Greek mythology, Cyparissus or Kyparissos (Ancient Greek: Κυπάρισσος, "cypress") was a boy beloved by Apollo or in some versions by other deities. In the best-known version of the story, the favorite companion of Cyparissus was a tam ...

(Kyparissos, Agia Paraskevi) * Mavrovouni (Mavrovouni, Krya Vrysi) *

Mikro Vouno Mikro may refer to: * Mikro (author), pseudonym of South African author Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (1903–1968) * Mikro (Greek band), a Greek electronic music group formed in 1998 * ''Mikro'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails See also * * * Mi ...

Psychiko Psychiko ( el, Ψυχικό ) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filothei-Psychiko, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipality has an area of . Overview Psychik ...

* Vounaina (Vounaina, Ano Vounaina)

References

Populated places in Larissa (regional unit) {{Thessaly-geo-stub