Mouzaki ( el, Μουζάκι) is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa regional unit,

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. Mouzaki is located on the southwestern edge of the

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, where the river

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descends from 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 ...

mountains. It is 17 km southwest of

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and 24 km northwest 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 ...

. The

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( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos) passes north of the town. In 2020, Mouzaki was heavily effected by the medicane known as

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. The town was flooded for several days.

Municipality

The municipality Mouzaki was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Ithomi *Mouzaki *

The municipality has an area of 313.866 km², the municipal unit 179.521 km².

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Mouzaki is divided into the following communities (constituent settlements in brackets): * Amygdali * Anthochori (Anthochori, Anoixiatiko, Platanakos) * Drakotrypa (Drakotrypa, Arpakia, Keramargio, Milies, Spathes, Trygona, Tsarouchi) * Ellinokastro (Ellinokastro, Gravia, Petrota) *

Gelanthi Gelanthi ( el, Γελάνθη) is a village in the municipality of Mouzaki, in the Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa regional unit, Greece. It is situated on the right bank of the river Pamisos (Thessaly), Pamisos, 3 km south of Gomfoi, 4&nbs ...

* Kryopigi (Kryopigi, Lakkes, Xirokampos) * Lazarina * Magoulitsa * Mavrommati (Mavrommati, Georgios Karaiskakis) *Mouzaki *

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(Oxya, Vagenia, Dafni, Zamanatiko, Koura, Megali Vrysi, Mesorrachi, Palaiampela, Palaiochori, Platania, Soula, Sykia) * Pefkofyto (Pefkofyto, Nisia, Padi, Charavgi) * Porti (Porti, Martini, Meligos, Palaiokastro) * Vatsounia

Population

External links

Mouzaki (town) on GTP Travel Pages

Mouzaki (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages

References

{{Kallikratis-Thessaly Municipalities of Thessaly Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)