Farkadona

Farkadona (Greek: Φαρκαδόνα) is a municipality in the southeastern Trikala Prefecture, part of Thessaly in Greece. Its 2001 population was 2,387 for the village and 7,093 for the municipality. The Larissa Prefecture is to the east and the Karditsa Prefecture to the south. It is also one of the municipalities in the prefecture that does not have settlements. Farkadona is located southwest of Elassona, west of Larissa, east-northeast of the city of Karditsa and east of the city of Trikala and is situated in the Thessalian Plain. It also serves as the seat of the municipality and it was known as Neochori. Farkadona is connected with the GR-6 (Larissa - Trikala - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa).

Municipal districts

*Achaldochori
*Grizano
*Diasello
*Farkadona
*Keramidi
*Panagitsa
*Pineias
*Zarkos

Population

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.

Other

Farkadona has a few schools, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) a few churches, banks, a post office, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest hospital is in Trikala.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Trikala prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13337 Farkadona (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13338 Farkadona (town) on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.5835&longitude=22.065&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.5835&lons1=22.065&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.835,22.0675 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.5835&lon=22.065&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.5835,22.065&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.5835|22.065&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|39|35|32|N|22|3|51|E|type:city(2,387)_municipality_(7,035)_region:GR|display=inline,title