Thessaly Region – EL61

EU regions: Greece > Kentriki Ellada > Thessaly Region

More on wikipedia wikidata Q22807284 on OpenStreetMap Thessaly Region slovensky: EL61

Subregions: Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα, Λάρισα, Μαγνησία, Σποράδες

Unemployment

Demographics

Employment by sectors, Thessaly Region

Data for the period year 2024. Source of the data is Eurostat, table [lfst_r_lfe2en2].

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, West Greece Region, Ionian Islands Region, Peloponnese Region, Thessaly Region

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

Subregions: Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα, Λάρισα, Μαγνησία, Σποράδες

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Thessaly Region – EL61, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PEL61, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164