Agia () is a village and a municipality in the

Larissa Larissa (; , , ) 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 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. It is also the capital of the Larissa ...

regional unit,

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. Agia is located east of

and south of Melivoia. The Mavrovouni mountains dominate the south and the

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some . In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn con ...

lies to the east.

Municipality

The municipality Agia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Agia * Evrymenes * Lakereia * Melivoia The municipality Agia has an area of 661.79 km², the municipal unit Agia has an area of 189.487 km², and the community Agia has an area of 27.150 km².

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Agia is divided into the following communities: *Agia * Aetolofos * Anavra * Elafos * Gerakari * Megalovryso * Metaxochori * Neromyloi * Potamia

Province

The province of Agia () was one of the

provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''provi ...

of the Larissa Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.

Population

History

Agia became part of

, along with most of Thessaly, in 1881. Forests near Agia were affected by the

2007 Greek forest fires The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive wildfire, forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged ...

, leaving tens homeless. The fire consumed approximately 100 km² on Mavrovouni.

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