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Administrative Region : Thessaly
Regional unit : Karditsa
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Karditsa (Greek: Καρδίτσα) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa peripheral unit.
Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BCE. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the road to Karpenisi, and the road to Palamas and Larissa. Karditsa is south-west of Palamas and Larissa, west of Farsala and the Volos area, north-west of Athens, Lamia, Domokos and Sofades, north of Karpenisi, north-east of Arta, and east-south-east of Trikala, Grevena, Ioannina, and Kalampaka.
Karditsa has schools, lyceums, gymnasium, the Veterinary Medicine Department of the University of Thessaly, three technical education departments, church, banks, a post office, a railway station on the Trikala - Karditsa - Domokos line, a sports ground, a water tower, and squares. Karditsa is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in Greece with an extensive network of bicycle paths. Approximately 30% of all the city transportation, according to the National Technical University of Athens, is done by bicycles.
History
View of a church.
Plastiras' Lake, near the city.
12831 : Warrior figurine from Karditsa
During the period of Ottoman rule in Thessaly, the main settlement in the location of modern Karditsa was called Sotira,[1] but a village named Kardhítza was mentioned by the English traveler Leake in 1810.[2] Karditsa was incorporated as a new city in 1882, the year after its liberation from the Ottoman Empire.
During World War II, the resistance in Thessaly was fought primarily by the ELAS. Karditsa was the first city in Europe to be liberated from Nazi occupation.
Municipality
The municipality Karditsa was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[3]
Itamos
Kallifono
Kampos
Karditsa
Mitropoli
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Karditsa is divided into six parts (communities):
Agiopigi
Artesiano
Karditsa
Karditsomagoula
Palioklissi
Rousso
Historical population
Statue of Nikolaos Plastiras (1883-1953) in Karditsa.
Year Population
1981 27,532
1991 30,067
2001 37,768
Culture
Photography & Cinema Amateurs Club - LEFKK
Sporting Clubs
Anagennisi Karditsa (Football)
AO Karditsa (Football)
Asteras Karditsa (Football)
SPA Karditsa (Volleyball)
Karditsa, Satellite image
Karditsa Stamp
References
^ Arrowsmith, John. Turkey in Europe. 1832.
^ Leake, William Martin, FRS (1835). Travels in Northern Greece. II. London: J. Rodwell. p. 155 et al.
^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
Archbishop of Athens Serafeim (1973-1998) from Artesiano(n) Karditsa
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