Krania, Elassona

For other uses, see Kranea (disambiguation).

Krania (Greek: Κρανιά, Greek pronunciation: [kɾa'ɲa]) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality.^[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Antichasia, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.^[2] The community of Krania covers an area of 94.258 km².^[3]

Krania Κρανιά
Community
Krania
Coordinates: 39°57.1′N 21°58.2′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Larissa
Municipality	Elassona
Municipal unit	Elassona
Area
• Community	94.258 km2 (36.393 sq mi)
Elevation	760 m (2,490 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	1,346
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	402 00
Area code(s)	+30-2493
Vehicle registration	PI

Aromanian is spoken in this village. The Aromanian dialect of Krania is one of the few with differential object marking (DOM) together with those dialects spoken at the west of Ohrid in North Macedonia.^[4]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2001[3]	2,686	—
2011[5]	2,691	+0.2%
2021[1]	1,346	−50.0%

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. Bužarovska, Eleni (2020). "The contact hypothesis revised: DOM in the South Slavic periphery". Journal of Language Contact. 13 (1): 57–95. doi:10.1163/19552629-bja10003. S2CID 225734803.
5. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.