Amaliapoli

Community in Greece

Amaliapoli Αμαλιάπολη
Community

39°10′03″N 22°53′17″E / 39.1675°N 22.8881°E / 39.1675; 22.8881
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Magnesia
Municipality	Almyros
Municipal unit	Sourpi
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	383
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Amaliapoli (Greek: Αμαλιάπολη) is a village at the western part of the Pagasetic Gulf, in the Magnesia regional unit of Greece, also known as Nea Mintzela. It was the northernmost border village of the newly independent Greek state, and was named after Queen Amalia, the first queen of the modern Greek state, in the 1840s. Amaliapoli was the place of origin of the Kalamidas family, a family which played a notable role in the region of Mintzela during the Greek Revolution against the Turks 1821.^[2]

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
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