Aspropotamos (Greek: Ασπροπόταμος meaning "white river") is a former

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

in the Trikala regional unit,

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

Meteora The Meteora (; , ) is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the most prominent complexes of Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monastery, monasteries, viewed locally as se ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2021 census recorded 218 residents in the municipal unit. The seat of the community was in Kallirroi.

Name

The community was named after the river Aspropotamos, a tributary of the Acheloos.

Geography

Aspropotamos is located in the southern

Pindus The Pindus (also Pindos or Pindhos; ; ; ) is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly long, with a maximum elevation of (Smolikas, Mount Smolikas). Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epiru ...

mountains, in the westernmost part of Trikala regional unit, about 40 km west of

Trikala Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...

and 20 km southeast of

Metsovo Metsovo (; ) is a town in Epirus (region), Epirus, in the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the west and Meteora to the east. The largest centre of Aromanians, Aromanian (Vlach) life in Greece, Metsovo is a large regio ...

. Aspropotamos covers an area of 297.082 km². The largest community in the municipal unit is Kallirroi (pop. 55).

Subdivisions

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

Agia Paraskevi Agia Paraskevi (, ''Agía Paraskeví'') is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the North Athens regional unit. Agia Paraskevi was named after the main church of the town, which ...

* Anthousa * Chaliki * Kallirroi * Katafyto (Katafyto, Milia) * Krania (Krania, Doliana, Konakia) * Polythea * Stefani

Population

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