Oichalia, Trikala

For other uses, see Oichalia (disambiguation).

Oichalia Οιχαλία
Location
Oichalia
Coordinates	39°36′N 21°59′E / 39.6°N 21.983°E / 39.6; 21.983Coordinates: 39°36′N 21°59′E / 39.6°N 21.983°E / 39.6; 21.983
Location within the peripheral unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Thessaly
Regional unit:	Trikala
Municipality:	Farkadona
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	5,783
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΤΚ

Oichalia Greek: Οιχαλία) is a town and a former municipality in the Trikala peripheral unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Farkadona, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] Its 2001 population was 5,783, its town population was 2,936. Oichalia is located southwest of Elassona, west of Larissa, northwest of the city of Karditsa and east of the city of Trikala and is situated in the Thessalian Plain. Itwas formerly known as Neochori. Oichalia is connected with the GR-6 (Larissa - Trikala - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Oichalia is subdivided into the following communities:

• Georganades
• Klokotos
• Krini
• Oichalia
• Petroto

Population

Year	Settlement population	Municipality population
1981	3,221	-
1991	3,271	6,567
2001	2,936	5,783

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.

History

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.

See also

• List of settlements in the Trikala prefecture

External links

• Gomfi (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages
• Gomfi (town) on GTP Travel Pages

Northwest: Paliokastro	North: Paliokastro
West: Pellinaio	Gomfoi	East: Farkadona
	South: Karditsa Prefecture

References

1. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)