Olympiada ( el, Ολυμπιάδα, ) is a village and a
community
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of the
Elassona municipality.
Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of
Olympos.
The 2011 census recorded 465 inhabitants in the village and 591 inhabitants in the community.
The community of Olympiada covers an area of 12.904 km
2.
Administrative division
The community of Olympiada consists of two settlements:
*Olympiada
*
Sparmos
Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Olympiada was 465 people, an increase of almost 18% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.
History
Olympiada was founded by
Pontic refugees, who came from the former Russian province
Kars Oblast
The Kars Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire between 1878 and 1917. Its capital was the city of Kars, presently in Turkey. The ''oblast'' bordered the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Batum Oblast ...
in
Eastern Anatolia
The Eastern Anatolia Region ('' tr, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi'') is a geographical region of Turkey. The most populous province in the region is Van Province. Other populous provinces are Malatya, Erzurum and Elazığ.
It is bordered by the Black Se ...
during the
1923 population exchange. Christoforos Tsertikidis is said to be the leading founder of Olympiada, and is honored with a statue in the village square.
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)
Elassona