Kokkinopilos
Community in Greece
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Kokkinopilos (Greek: Κοκκινοπηλός, Greek pronunciation: [kocinopi'los]) is a village and a community in Elassona Municipality, Greece.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos.[2] The community of Kokkinopilos covers an area of 129.368 km2.[3]
Kokkinopilos
Κοκκινοπηλός | |
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  Kokkinopilos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°5.8′N 22°15.2′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Larissa |
| Municipality | Elassona |
| Municipal unit | Olympos |
| Area | |
• Community | 129.368 km2 (49.949 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,135 m (3,724 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 530 |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 402 00 |
| Area code | +30-2493 |
| Vehicle registration | PI |
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History
Kokkinopilos was captured by the Ottomans in 1442 was administered as a chiflik.[5] The settlement is recorded as village and as "Kokinopulo" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter number 101 dating to 1521.[6] After a failed revolt against the Ottoman authorities during the Greek War of Independence, the village was captured and looted by Ottoman troops.[5]
During the Balkan Wars the advancing Greek army entered the village in 21 October 1912.[5] During the Axis occupation of Greece the village was burned twice: in 1943 by the Italians and in 1944 by the Germans.[7][5] The latter resulted to the scattering of the population of the village, in Katerini and Thessaloniki and to the establishment of Kalyvia as a permanent settlement.[5]