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Karditsa
Karditsa ( ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of the region of Thessaly. Climate Karditsa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Csa''). Karditsa experiences hot, dry summers and cool winters with substantial precipitation. History During the period of Ottoman rule in Thessaly, the main settlement in the location of modern Karditsa was called Sotira. In 1810, the English traveler William Martin Leake mentioned a sprawling village named Kardhítza, consisting of between 500-600 houses, of which the majority of the inhabitants were Turkish.Leake, William Martin. ''Travels in Northern Greece''. (1835). Karditsa was incorporated as a new city in 1882, the year after its liberation from the Ottoman Empire (1881). During World War II, the resistance in Thessaly was fought primarily by the ELAS. On March 12, 1943 Karditsa was liberated temporarily by ELAS after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anagennisi Karditsas
Anagennisi Karditsa Football Club () is a Greek professional football club based in Karditsa, Greece, which competes in the Super League 2, the second tier of the Greek football league system. History One of the oldest clubs in Greek football, Anagennisi was formed on October 16, 1904 in the southwestern Thessalian city of Karditsa as the football team of the multisport club ASA (), the Athletic Association Anagennisi. The name of the club comes from the Greek word for "renaissance". The statute of the club was signed personally by Crown Prince Constantine I. The first Olympic Games in Greece, in '1896, make the conditions for the creation of an athletic club in the city of Karditsa. The "Laikos Athlitikos Syllogos i Athina" (Greek: Λαϊκός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος η Αθηνά) (=popular sports association "Αthena") ripe the conditions for the creation of an athletic football club in Karditsa. From its inception in 1904, the football team of Anagennisi (Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karditsa (regional Unit)
Karditsa (, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its name is derived from its capital Karditsa, a town of approximately 56,000 people. Administration The regional unit Karditsa is subdivided into 6 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): * Argithea (2) * Karditsa (1) * Lake Plastiras (''Limni Plastiras'', 3) * Mouzaki (4) * Palamas (5) * Sofades (6) Prefecture Karditsa was created as a prefecture () in 1899, and again in 1947. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Karditsa was created out of the former prefecture Karditsa. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below. History Encompassing the ancient geographical region of Thessaliotis, one of the four ancient districts of Thessaly, the present day Karditsa regional unit was in the Kingdom of Macedonia and later t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AO Karditsa
A.O. Karditsa F.C. is a Greek football club, based in Karditsa, Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece. History A.O. Karditsa F.C. was founded in 1966. As a continuation of P.O.E.K. The period 1970–1971 played for the first time in B Ethniki, where he remained until 1976. The season 1978–1979 returned to B Ethniki but relegated the same season. In the early 1980s, after the restructuring and professionalisation of football, the AOK relegated to Delta Etniki, and from there to the Local League of Karditsa, from where he returned to Delta Ethniki in 1987. The "blue white" go up in the Gamma Ethniki for the first time in club history. They will remain for two seasons (1998–1999, 1999–2000). The team returned to the Football League 2 for the 2013–14 season. Nowadays competes between 3rd tier and A'EPS Thessaly. Participations *In 2013 Delta Ethniki merged with Gamma Ethniki. Rivalries The club has a bitter rivalry with their local neighbours Anagennisi Karditsa. Honours * Third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karditsomagoula
Karditsomagoula (Greek: Καρδιτσομαγούλα) is a large village in the Karditsa regional unit in Greece, with nearly 2,000 inhabitants. It is part of the municipality of Karditsa and is situated north of the central area of Karditsa, separated from it by the Greek National Road 30 ( Arta - Trikala - Karditsa - Volos). It has a grid layout consisting of six 1,500-metre roads (North–South) and eleven 900-metre roads (East–West). It is located southeast of Trikala, southeast of Larissa, west of Palamas, northwest of Sofades, and northeast of the Plastiras Dam. Farmlands dominate the area around Karditsomagoula, the main product being cotton covering 26,000 acres (105 square kilometres) of land. Other products include cattle, fruit and vegetables, and some flowers. The whole population prior to the late-20th century, and much of the population today, are farmers. Historical population See also *List of settlements in the Karditsa regional unit This is a li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaly
Thessaly ( ; ; ancient Aeolic Greek#Thessalian, Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic regions of Greece, geographic and modern administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient Thessaly, ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, ), and appears thus in Homer's ''Odyssey''. Thessaly Convention of Constantinople (1881), became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman Greece, Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 Modern regions of Greece, regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units of Greece, regional units and 25 municipalities of Greece, municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern central Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia to the north, Epirus (region), Epirus to the west, Central Greece (geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampos, Karditsa
Kampos () is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karditsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 90.400 km2. Population 3,615 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Stavros. The name of the municipality comes from the greek word "kampos", ''campus'', meaning plain (after the Thessalian plain The Thessalian plain () is the dominant geographical feature of the Greek region of Thessaly. The plain is formed by the Pineios River and its tributaries and is surrounded by mountains: the Pindus mountain range to the west, which separates The ...). References Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) Karditsa {{Thessaly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallifoni
Kallifoni () is a village and a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karditsa Karditsa ( ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of the region of Thessaly. Climate Karditsa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: '' ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 154.623 km2. Population 1,991 (2021). References Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) Karditsa {{Thessaly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitropoli
Mitropoli (, before 1915: Παληόκαστρον - ''Paliokastron'') is a village and a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karditsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 57.894 km2. Population 2,892 (2021). The village, the site of the ancient city of Metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big city b ..., was renamed in 1915 to reflect the association. References Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) Karditsa {{Thessaly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itamos
Itamos () is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece, named after the ancient city of "Itamos". Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karditsa Karditsa ( ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of the region of Thessaly. Climate Karditsa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: '' ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 234.384 km2. Population 2,781 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Kallithiro. References Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) Karditsa {{Thessaly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elpides Karditsas
Elpides Karditsas is a Greek women's football club from the city of Karditsa. It was founded in 1994 and currently competes in the Greek A Division known as ''Alpha Ethniki''. Women Soccerway The team finished in second position, behind their main rivals PAOK
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ... , in two consecuti ...
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