Thessaly Region - EL61

EU regions: Greece > Kentriki Ellada > Thessaly Region

indicator	period	value
long term unemployment	2021	11.3
share of long term unemployed	2021	68.1
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2020	49
unemployment rate	2021	17.3
employment rate	2021	56.2
number of inhabitants	2021	709 808
population density	2019	51.4
percentage of part time workers, men	2021	8.41
percentage of part time workers, women	2021	17.46
life long learning participation	2021	3.8
youth unemployment rate	2021	39.8
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education	2016	82.3
NEET	2021	11.9
old-age dependency ratio	2021	41.1
gender gap in employment rate	2021	72.39
gender gap in unemployment rate	2021	211.71

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Thessaly Region

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Thessaly (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 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 on the north, Epirus on the west, Central Greece on the south, and the Aegean Sea on the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands.

Mythology

In Homer's epic, the Odyssey, the hero Odysseus visited the kingdom of Aeolus, which was the old name for Thessaly.

The Plain of Thessaly, which lies between Mount Oeta/Othrys and Mount Olympus, was the site of the battle between the Titans and the Olympians.

According to legend, Jason and the Argonauts launched their search for the Golden Fleece from the Magnesia Peninsula.

other: Kentriki Ellada, Central Greece Region, Ionian Islands Region, West Greece Region, Thessaly Region, Peloponnese Region

neighbours: Central Greece Region, Epirus Region, West Greece Region, Central Macedonia, Western Macedonia

subregions: Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα, Λάρισα, Μαγνησία, Σποράδες

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Thessaly Region - EL61, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/EL61

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