Aigani
Aigani
Αιγάνη | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
 View of Aigani from the village theater. | |
  Aigani | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′10″N 22°37′40″E / 39.95278°N 22.62778°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Larissa |
| Municipality | Tempi |
| Municipal unit | Kato Olympos |
| Highest elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Rural | 535 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | PI |
Aigani or Egani (Greek: Αιγάνη [eˈɣani]) is a village and local community in the historical and administrative region of Thessaly, Greece. Since the Greek local government reform of 2011[2] the local community of Aigani has been located in the Kato Olympos municipal unit of the Tempi municipality in the Larissa regional unit. The local community of Aigani consists of the settlements of Aigani, Kato Aigani, Kastri-Loutro, Nea Mesangala, and Papapouli and had a total population of 1,134 as of the 2011 census[3]. Roughly half of which (535) live in the village of Aigani.
The village of Aigani is located on the southeastern face of the foot-hills of Mt. Olympus at an altitude of approximately 280 meters overlooking the Pineios river delta and the Thermaikos Gulf. It is some 50 km from the cities of Larissa and Katerini and some 10 km from the beach communities of Kastri-Loutro and Nea Mesangala.
Aigani has many natural attractions and combines the mountain with the sea. The beach of Aigani consists of two settlements, the southern Nea Mesangala and the northern Kastri-Loutro. The beaches are formed by the Pineios river delta and are renowned in Greece for their wide, sandy dunes and warm, shallow, and generally calm waters. Near the highway at the bottom of the road which leads to the village of Aigani is the small community of Kato Aigani (Lit. Lower Aigani.)
See also
References
- ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
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- ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.