Rigas Feraios ( el, Ρήγας Φεραίος, translit=Rígas Feréos, ) is a municipality in the
Magnesia regional unit,
Thessaly
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,
Greece
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. The seat of the municipality is the town
Velestino.
The municipality has an area of .
The municipality was named after the Greek writer and revolutionary
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios ( el, Ρήγας Φεραίος , sometimes ''Rhegas Pheraeos''; rup, Riga Fereu) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής , also transliterated ''Velestinles''); 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis ( el ...
, whose hometown was Velestino.
Municipality
The municipality Rigas Feraios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
[
* Feres
* Karla
*]Keramidi
Keramidi ( el, Κεραμίδι) is a village and a former community in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rigas Feraios, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an ...
References
Municipalities of Thessaly
Populated places in Magnesia (regional unit)
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