Sarantaporo ( el, Σαραντάπορο) is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Larissa regional unit,

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

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, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,455 (2011). The municipal unit has an area of 150.902 km², and the community has an area of 26.958 km². The town is between the mountains of

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to the northwest and the

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to the northeast. The river Sarantaporos flows through the municipality. Sarantaporo is on the

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(Larissa - Kozani -

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). It is located west-southwest of

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, northwest of

and Larissa, east of

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and south-southeast of

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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Sarantaporo is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Azoros (''Vouvala'') * Gerania * Giannota * Lykoudi (Lykoudi, Sykia) * Milea *Sarantaporo * Tsapournia (Tsapournia, Farmaki)

Population

History

The village was originally a Slavic settlement founded under the name ''Glikovo''. Unlike the rest of

, Sarantaporo did not join

until October 1912 when the town was liberated from the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

after the Battle of Sarantaporo, a Greek victory in the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

. The Sarantaporo Gorge was the strategic location for the battle. Sarantaporo became a municipality in 1994; one of the first to be created under the Capodistrian Law. The area features archaeological findings dating back to the pre- Classical years up to the Ottoman rule.

External links

Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit OrganizationSarantaporo municipal unit info at Elassona municipality official web siteSarantaporo village info at www.elassona.com.gr web portal

References

{{Sarantaporo Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)