Lygaria (, ) is a village in the municipality of

Tyrnavos Tyrnavos () is a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, of the Thessaly region of Greece. It is the second-largest town of the Larissa regional unit, after Larissa. The town is near the mountains and the Thessalian Plain. The river Titarisios ...

. Before 1966 it was a part of the community of

Argyropouli Argyropouli (, , ) is an Aromanian ( Vlach) village and a 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 ...

. The 2021 census recorded 53 inhabitants in the village. Lygaria is a part of the community of Tyrnavos.

History

In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 101) of 1521, the settlement was recorded as a village with the name . Moreover, in the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 225) of 1544, the village included Selanik Yörüks, who had military obligations that required them to give five soldiers (''eşküncü'') and 20 assistants (

yamaks Yamaks () were auxiliary troops of the army of the Ottoman Empire raised from the local Muslim population. Initially they were non-military members of Ottoman forces who in later periods of the empire evolved into newly recruited janissary troop ...

) per household (''ocak'').

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{{Tyrnavos div Populated places in Larissa (regional unit) Tyrnavos

History

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