Kokkinopilos

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Community in Greece

Kokkinopilos Κοκκινοπηλός
Community
40°5.8′N 22°15.2′E / 40.0967°N 22.2533°E / 40.0967; 22.2533
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

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]

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]

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ιστορική Αναφορά στον Κοκκινοπλό (Historical Reference of Kokkinopilos)" (in Greek).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.
^ 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)
^ Κοκκινοπηλός (in Greek). elassona.com.gr. Retrieved 23 November 2014.