Marathea, Karditsa

For other uses, see Marathia (disambiguation).

Marathea Μαραθέα
Location
Marathea
Coordinates	39°32′N 22°0′E / 39.533°N 22°E / 39.533; 22Coordinates: 39°32′N 22°0′E / 39.533°N 22°E / 39.533; 22
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Thessaly
Regional unit:	Karditsa
Municipality:	Palamas
Municipal unit:	Sellana
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Community
- Population:	967
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΚΑ

Marathea (Greek: Μαραθέα, also: Marathia) is a village located northeast of Karditsa in the northeastern part of the Karditsa Prefecture, Greece. Marathea is in the municipal unit of Sellana. Marathea had a 2001 population of 709 for the village and 967 for the municipal district. The village is situated in the Thessalian Plain.

Its residents are based in agriculture and other businesses. Its main production are cotton. In the older times, the village was known as Vanari (Βάναρη) and was renamed to Marathea in the late-20th century.

Subrivisions

• Korda

Nearest places

• Proastio, southwest
• Korda

Population

Year	Village population	Municipal district population
1981	1,032	-
1991	761	-
2001	709	967

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities and the richest countries in the world.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

External links

• Marathia on GTP Travel Pages

See also

• List of settlements in the Karditsa prefecture

References