This article is about the historical and geographical region of Greece. For the ancient region, see Ancient Thessaly. For the Vertigo Comics character, see Thessaly (comics).
"Thessalia" redirects here. For the namesake butterfly genus, see Chlosyne.
"Thessalian" redirects here. For the ancient Thessalian dialect, see Aeolic Greek.
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Area
• Total
14,036.64 km2 (5,419.58 sq mi)
Population
(2021)[1]
• Total
687,527
• Density
49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym
Thessalian
GDP
[2]
• Total
€9.337 billion (2021)
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code
GR-E
HDI (2019)
0.868[3] very high · 7th of 13
Website
www.pthes.gov.gr
Thessaly (/ˈθɛsəli/THESS-ə-lee; Greek: Θεσσαλία, romanized: Thessalía[θesaˈli.a]; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (Ancient Greek: Αἰολία, Aiolía), and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.
Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions[4] and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia to the north, Epirus to the west, Central Greece to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands.
^"Population on 1 January by age, sex and NUTS 2 region", www.ec.europa.eu
^"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
^Π.Δ. (March 6, 1987). Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης [Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the regions]. ΦΕΚ. pp. 51/87.
the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (Ancient Greek: Αἰολία, Aiolía), and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey. Thessaly became part of the modern...
extent, ancient Thessaly was a wide area stretching from Mount Olympus to the north to the Spercheios Valley to the south. Thessaly is a geographically...
Lárisa, pronounced [ˈlarisa] ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population...
Polyidus of Thessaly (also Polyides, Polydus; Ancient Greek: Πολύειδος ὁ Θεσσαλός, Polúeidos ho Thessalós, English translation: "much beauty", from polus...
Θεσσαλός means "earth-tearer"), also anglicised as Erisichthon, was a king of Thessaly[citation needed]. He was sometimes called Aethon. Erysichthon was the son...
Bucephalus or Bucephalas (/bjuːˈsɛfələs/; Ancient Greek: Βουκεφάλας; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most...
Despot of Pherae in Thessaly, ruling from 369 to c. 356 BC. Following the assassination of Jason, the tyrant of Pherae and Tagus of Thessaly, in 370 BC, his...
Pyrrha Queen of Thessaly Abode Phthia, Thessaly Personal information Parents Epimetheus and Pandora Consort (1) Deucalion (2) Zeus Children (1.i) Hellen...
Echecrates (Greek: Ἐχεκράτης) was a Thessalian military officer of Ptolemy Philopator in the Fourth Syrian War with Antiochus the Great in 219 BC. Echecrates...
Ionians at Erythrae, granting Cnopus of Codridae victory in the battle. Thessaly was known for witchcraft, especially the usage of herbs. Thessalian witches...
The Giants of Thessaly (Italian: I giganti della Tessaglia (Gli Argonauti), French: Le Géant de Thessalie, released in the UK as Jason and the Golden Fleece)...
The University of Thessaly (UTH; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας) is a public university in Thessaly, Greece, founded in 1984. The university includes the...
pronounced [meˈteora]) is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the largest and most precipitously...
Thebe, in 359 BC, and Thessaly was conquered by the Thebans. Philip of Macedon conquered Pherae in 352 BC and subjected Thessaly to Macedonian rule. In...
Aglaonice or Aganice of Thessaly (Ancient Greek: Ἀγλαονίκη, Aglaoníkē, compound of αγλαὸς (aglaòs) "luminous" and νίκη (nikē) "victory") was a Greek astronomer...
about halfway between the Greek villages of Tempi and Evangelismos in the Thessaly region. The collision, involving the InterCity 62 (IC62) passenger train...
Music of Thessaly is the music of the geographic and historical region of Thessaly (Greek: Θεσσαλία) in Greece. Folk dances from Thessaly are slow and...
The Army of Thessaly (Greek: Στρατιά Θεσσαλίας) was a field army of Greece, activated in Thessaly during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the First Balkan...
Neostethus thessa, locally known as bolinao, is a species of freshwater priapium fish endemic to Lake Mainit, Mindanao, Philippines. It is classified as...
The history of Thessaly covers the history of the region of Thessaly in north-central Greece from antiquity to the present day. Thessaly is characterized...
the country. Extensive plains are primarily located in the regions of Thessaly, Central Macedonia, and Thrace. They constitute key economic regions as...
campus of the University of Thessaly in the City of Lamia. University of Thessaly in the City of Lamia, also University of Thessaly, City of Lamia (or UTH...
province and region in southeastern Thessaly in the late 12th century, and was used to denote the entire region of Thessaly in the 13th and 14th centuries...
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