- Chalkiades (Larissa), Greece
Chalkiades or Halkiades (Greek: Χαλκιάδες) is a village in the south of the
Larissa Prefecture ,Greece . It also serves the seat of the municipality ofPolydamantas Its2001 population was 660 for the village and the municipal district. Chalkiades is located south ofLarissa , west ofVolos , north of Lamia andFarsala and southeast ofPalamas andKarditsa .Population
Geography
Chalkiades is situated in the Pineios Valley in which farmlands surround the area.
History
Chalkiades has two settlements, Ano Chalkiades which the population originated from the refugees of
Dela (nowTilkoy ) in historicCappadocia during theGreco-Turkish War and Kato Chalkiades which came from other inhabitants. The origin of the name comes from the large iron.Other
Chalkiades has a school, a church and a square ("
plateia ").References
"This article is partly translated from an article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page)"
External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=12958 Chalkiades on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.386&longitude=22.417&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.386&lons1=22.417&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.386,22.417 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.386&lon=22.417&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|39|23|14|N|22|13|12|E|type:city(664)_region:GR
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