TYRNAVOS

'Municipality of Tyrnavos' '''Δήμος Τυρνάβου''' '''Dimos Tyrnavou'''
Statistics
Prefecture:	Larissa
Province:	Tyrnavos
Seat:	'Tyrnavos'
Number of municipal districts:	4
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	39.736 (39° 44' 7") N 22.384 (22° 17' 13") E
Population: (2001) -Municipality -Municipal district -Town Percent of the prefecture	16,900 12,451 11,116 6.05%
Altitude:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:	''Titarisios'' 90 m about 800 m
Postal code:	GR-401 00
Car designation:	PI

'Tyrnavos' or 'Tirnavos' (Greek: Τύρναβος, or Τίρναβος), also with the i or the y accented. is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, the Thessaly region, Greece. Population 16,900 (2001). Tyrnavos is also the prefecture's second largest community and Thessaly's third largest which includes the Larissa area. The town is near the mountains and the Thessalian Plain. The Titarisios flows through the town. Tyrnavos is bypasses by the GR-3 (Larissa - Kozani - Niki) and has an old road facing to the west, It will be linked with a superhighway numbered 3 (A3) with an unscheduled opening date.
Tyrnavos is located south-southwest of Thessaloniki and Katerini, northwest of Larissa, east-northeast of Trikala and south-southeast of Elassona and Kozani;

Contents

Subdivisions

Municipal districts

Population

Geography

Information

Other

References

External links

Subdivisions

★ Kritiri

★ Lygaria

★ Perichora

Municipal districts

★ Argyropouleio

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★ Ano Argyropouleio

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★ Votanochori

★ Damasi

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★ Damasouli

★ Denrdo Tyrnavou

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★ Agia Sofia

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★ Platanoulia

★ 'Tyrnavos'

Population

Year	Town population	Change	Municipal population	Change	Municipal district population	Percent of the municipality	Percent of the prefecture
1981	11,118	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	12,028	+910 or +8.18%	-	-	16,923	-	-
2001	11,116	-912 or -7.58%	12,451	-822 or -18.64%	16,900	65.78%	6.05%

Geography

The municipality are made up of mountains covering the northern portion as well as grasslands. Farmlands dominate the southern portion in which it is the Thessalian Plain and the Titarisios valley.

Information

The municipality has the only natural lake in the prefecture in which it has a lot of plants. The lake is located 3 km outside Tyrnavos.

Other

Tyrnavos has schools, lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (high schoos), banks, churches, a post office, a police station, a pharmacy, restaurants, taverns and a square (''plateia'').

References

★ ''The first version of the article is translated from the at the Greek Wikipedia ()''

External links

★ Tyrnavos (municipality) on GTP Travel Pages

★ Tyrnavos (village) on GTP Travel Pages

★ Sarantaporo's Homepage

★ 'Map and aerial photos':

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★ Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps

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★ Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available