Plastiras
Encyclopedia
Plastiras is a former municipality
in the Karditsa peripheral unit, Thessaly
, Greece
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lake Plastiras
, of which it is a municipal unit. It was named after the Greek general and Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras
. Population 3,791 (2001). Lake Plastiras
covers a part of the municipal unit. Its residents are engaged chiefly in agriculture
. The seat of the municipality was in Morfovouni.
Communities and Municipalities of Greece
For the new municipalities of Greece see the Kallikratis ProgrammeThe municipalities and communities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. Thirteen regions called peripheries form the largest unit of government beneath the State. ...
in the Karditsa peripheral unit, Thessaly
Thessaly
Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lake Plastiras
Lake Plastiras (municipality)
Lake Plastiras is a municipality in the Karditsa peripheral unit, Thessaly, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Morfovouni. The municipality was named after the artificial Lake Plastiras, that was named in turn after the general and three-times Prime Minister Nikolaos...
, of which it is a municipal unit. It was named after the Greek general and Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras
Nikolaos Plastiras
Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served thrice as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier and known for his personal bravery, he was known as "O Mavros Kavalaris" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922...
. Population 3,791 (2001). Lake Plastiras
Lake Plastiras
Lake Plastiras also called Tavropos Reservoir is an artificial lake fed by Tavropos river, located in Karditsa Prefecture, near the city of Karditsa, Greece.-Name:...
covers a part of the municipal unit. Its residents are engaged chiefly in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
. The seat of the municipality was in Morfovouni.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Plastiras is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):- Kerasea (Kerasea, Nevropoli)
- Lampero (Lampero, Agios Athanasios)
- Mesenikolas
- Morfovouni (Morfovouni, Razia)
- MoschatoMoschato, KarditsaMoschato is a Greek located south of Karditsa in the western part of the Karditsa Prefecture. Moschato is in the municipal unit of Plastiras. Moschato had a population of 509 for the village and 576 for the municipal district in 2001...
(Moschato, Agios Nikolaos, Tsardaki)