Chalkiades, Larissa

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Chalkiades Χαλκιάδες
Location
Chalkiades
Coordinates	39°24′N 22°26′E / 39.4°N 22.433°E / 39.4; 22.433Coordinates: 39°24′N 22°26′E / 39.4°N 22.433°E / 39.4; 22.433
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Thessaly
Regional unit:	Larissa
Municipality:	Farsala
Municipal unit:	Polydamantas
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	652
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΡΙ

Chalkiades (Greek: Χαλκιάδες) is a village in the south of the Larissa peripheral unit, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Polydamantas Its 2001 population was 652. Chalkiades is located south of Larissa, west of Volos, north of Lamia and Farsala and southeast of Palamas and Karditsa.

Population

Year	Population
1981	674
1991	590
2001	660

Geography

Chalkiades is situated in the Pineios Valley in which farmlands surround the area.

History

Chalkiades has two settlements, Ano Chalkiades whose population originated from the refugees of Dela (now Tilkoy) in historic Cappadocia during the Greco-Turkish War, and Kato Chalkiades which came from other inhabitants. The origin of the name comes from the large iron.

References

This article is partly translated from an article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page)

External links

• Chalkiades on GTP Travel Pages

References