Aspropotamos, Trikala

For other uses, see Aspropotamos (disambiguation).

Aspropotamos Ασπροπόταμος
Location
Aspropotamos
Coordinates	39°38′N 21°18′E / 39.633°N 21.3°E / 39.633; 21.3Coordinates: 39°38′N 21°18′E / 39.633°N 21.3°E / 39.633; 21.3
Location within the peripheral unit
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Thessaly
Regional unit:	Trikala
Municipality:	Kalampaka
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipal unit
- Population:	1,404
- Area:	297.082 km2 (115 sq mi)
- Density:	5 /km2 (12 /sq mi)
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΤΚ

Aspropotamos (Greek: Ασπροπόταμος meaning the white river) is a former community in the Trikala peripheral unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kalampaka, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] Population 1,404 (2001 census), mainly Vlachs/Aromanians. The seat of the community was in Kallirroi (pop. 150). The community was named after the river Aspropotamos, a tributary of the Acheloos. Aspropotamos is located west-northwest of Trikala northeast of Arta and east of Ioannina, in the westernmost part of Trikala peripheral unit. The largest settlements in the municipal unit are Agía Paraskeví (pop. 296) and Kranéa (243).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Aspropotamos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

• Agia Paraskevi
• Anthousa
• Chaliki
• Kallirroi
• Katafyto (Katafyto, Milia)
• Krania (Krania, Doliana, Konakia)
• Polythea
• Stefani

Population

Year	Population
1991	1,028
2001	1,404

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

• Local website
• Aspropotamos on GTP Travel Pages

References

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