Kokkinopilos

Kokkinopilos (Greek: Κοκκινοπηλός, Greek pronunciation: [kocinopi'los]) is a village and a community in Elassona Municipality, Greece.^[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos.^[2] The community of Kokkinopilos covers an area of 129.368 km².^[3]

Kokkinopilos Κοκκινοπηλός
Community
Kokkinopilos
Coordinates: 40°5.8′N 22°15.2′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Larissa
Municipality	Elassona
Municipal unit	Olympos
Area
• Community	129.368 km2 (49.949 sq mi)
Elevation	748 m (2,454 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	530
• Density	4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	402 00
Area code(s)	+30-2493
Vehicle registration	PI

Administrative division

The community of Kokkinopilos consists of two settlements:^[4]

• Kalyvia
• Kokkinopilos

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2001[3]	664	—
2011[4]	592	−10.8%
2021[1]	530	−10.5%

History

Kokkinopilos was captured by the Ottomans in 1442 was administered as a chiflik.^[5] The settlement is recorded as village and as "Kokinopulo" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter number 101 dating to 1521.^[6] After a failed revolt against the Ottoman authorities during the Greek War of Independence, the village was captured and looted by Ottoman troops.^[5]

During the Balkan Wars the advancing Greek army entered the village in21 October 1912.^[5] During the Axis occupation of Greece the village was burned twice: in 1943 by the Italians and in 1944 by the Germans.^[7][5] The latter resulted to the scattering of the population of the village, in Katerini and Thessaloniki and to the establishment of Kalyvia as a permanent settlement.^[5]

See also

• List of settlements in the Larissa regional unit

References

1. "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.
2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
4. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
5. "Ιστορική Αναφορά στον Κοκκινοπλό (Historical Reference of Kokkinopilos)" (in Greek). Σύλλογος Κοκκινοπλιτών Αθηνών "Ο Όλυμπος" (Athens Club of People from Kokkinoplilos "Olympos"). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
6. Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. p. 482. ISBN 9789751962386.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. Κοκκινοπηλός (in Greek). elassona.com.gr. Retrieved 23 November 2014.