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 Prefecture.

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 (plateies). 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

Karditsa was the first city in Europe to be liberated from Nazi occupation. The campaign in Thessaly was fought by ELAS (Greek: Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός, Ellinikos Laïkos Apeleftherotikos Stratos), or Greek People's Liberation Army, the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM), throughout the period of Greek Resistance until February 1945.

Subdivisions

The municipality of Karditsa is divided into six parts (boroughs):

• Karditsa
• Karditsomagoula
• Artesiano
• Palioklissi
• Agiopigi
• Rousso

Historical population

Year	Population	Change
1981	27,532	-
1991	30,067	+2,535/+9.21%
2001	37,768	+7,701/+25.61%

Culture

• Photography & Cinema Amateurs Club - LEFKK

Sporting Clubs

• Anagennisi Karditsa (Football)
• AO Karditsa (Football)
• Asteras Karditsa (Football)
• SPA Karditsa (Volleyball)

Notable people

• Irini Karra (1986) fashion model

References

External links

• Karditsa Wireless Metropolitan Network, Karditsas Wifi Community Network (in Greek)
• Mapquest - Karditsa
• CERETETH, Center of Technology Thessaly

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