Plastiras

Municipal unit in Greece

Plastiras Πλαστήρας
Municipal unit
39°21′N 21°45′E / 39.350°N 21.750°E / 39.350; 21.750
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Karditsa
Municipality	Lake Plastiras
Area
• Municipal unit	93.2 km² (36.0 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	2,872
• Municipal unit density	31/km² (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΑ

Plastiras (Greek: Πλαστήρας, Δήμος Πλαστήρα) is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lake Plastiras, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 93.166 km².^[3] It was named after the Greek general and Prime Minister Nikolaos Plastiras. Lake Plastiras covers a part of the municipal unit. Its residents are engaged chiefly in agriculture. The seat of the municipality was in Morfovouni.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Plastiras is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Kerasea (Kerasea, Nevropoli)
Lampero (Lampero, Agios Athanasios)
Mesenikolas
Morfovouni (Morfovouni, Razia)
Moschato (Moschato, Agios Nikolaos, Tsardaki)

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2001^[3]	2,365	—
2011^[4]	2,412	+2.0%
2021^[1]	2,872	+19.1%

External links

Plastiras Lake - Λίμνη Πλαστήρα
Plastiras Lake

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ ^a ^b "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.