Dafnousia () is a former municipality in
Phthiotis
Phthiotis (, ''Fthiótida'' ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. The capital is the city of La ...
,
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Lokroi, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 77.374 km
2.
In 2021 its population was 3,387. The seat of the municipality was in
Livanates where three quarters of the population live. Dafnousia borders on the municipal unit of
Atalanti
Atalanti ( ''Atalantē'') is the second largest town in Phthiotis, Greece. It is located southeast of Lamia (city), Lamia, north of Livadeia and northwest of Chalcis. In 2011, it was incorporated into the municipality of Lokroi (mu ...
to the south, and
Agios Konstantinos to the west. The name of the municipality comes from the ancient city of "Dafnous" or "Dafnountas" (probably today's
Agios Konstantinos village).
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Dafnousia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
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Arkitsa (Arkitsa, Agia Aikaterini, Agios Nikolaos, Kalypso, Melidoni)
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Goulemi
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Livanates
References
External links
Municipality of Dafnousia
Populated places in Phthiotis
Lokroi (municipality)
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