Coordinates: 40°34.2′N 21°36′E / 40.5700°N 21.600°E / 40.5700; 21.600

Olympiada, Kozani

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Olympiada
Ολυμπιάδα
Coordinates: 40°34.2′N 21°36′E / 40.5700°N 21.600°E / 40.5700; 21.600
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitKozani
MunicipalityEordaia
Municipal unitPtolemaida
Elevation
670 m (2,200 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
537
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
502 00
Area code(s)+30-2463
Vehicle registrationΚΖ

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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Ελληνικά). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Ελληνικά). Government Gazette.
  3. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)