Moschato, Karditsa

For the suburb of Athens, see Moschato.

Moschato Μοσχάτο
Location
Moschato
Coordinates	39°19′N 21°48′E / 39.317°N 21.8°E / 39.317; 21.8Coordinates: 39°19′N 21°48′E / 39.317°N 21.8°E / 39.317; 21.8
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Thessaly
Regional unit:	Karditsa
Municipality:	Lake Plastiras
Municipal unit:	Plastiras
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	576
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	ΚΑ

Moschato (Greek, Modern: Μοσχάτο, Katharevousa: -ον -on) is a Greek located south of Karditsa in the western part of the Karditsa Prefecture. Moschato is in the municipal unit of Plastiras. Moschato had a population of 509 for the village and 576 for the municipal district in 2001. Its residents are based in agriculture.

The village was known as Vlasdo (Βλάσδο) or Blazd (Μπλαζντ) during the Ottoman rule and the first fifty years with Greece and after the Thessalian War.

Subdivisions

• Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος) [2001 pop: 27]
• Tsardaki

Population

Year	Village population	Municipal district population
2001	509	576

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. The population did not change between 1981 and 1991, the population recovered in 2001 but residents work in agriculture and other places around the area.

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

External links

• Moschato on GTP Travel Pages
• Λίμνη Πλαστήρα - Μοσχάτο

See also

• List of settlements in the Karditsa prefecture

References