Olympiada, Kozani
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Olympiada
Ολυμπιάδα | |
|---|---|
  Olympiada | |
| Coordinates: 40°34.2′N 21°36′E / 40.5700°N 21.600°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Eordaia |
| Municipal unit | Ptolemaida |
| Elevation | 670 m (2,200 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 537 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 502 00 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2463 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΖ |
Olympiada (Greek: Ολυμπιάδα), known before 1927 as Rakita (Greek: Ρακίτα), is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Ptolemaida, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 537 inhabitants in the village.[1]
History
[edit]Olympiada was first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Rakita, had forty-five households and produced vines, honey, and swine.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ Kravari, Vassiliki (1989). Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale. Réalités byzantines (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Editions P. Lethielleux. p. 325. ISBN 2-283-60452-4.
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