Olympiada, Kozani

Community in Greece

Olympiada Ολυμπιάδα
Community
40°34.2′N 21°36′E / 40.5700°N 21.600°E / 40.5700; 21.600
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Eordaia
Municipal unit	Ptolemaida
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	537
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	502 00
Area code(s)	+30-2463
Vehicle registration	ΚΖ

Olympiada (Greek: Ολυμπιάδα), known before 1927 as Rakita (Greek: Ρακίτα), is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality.^[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Ptolemaida, of which it was a municipal district.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 537 inhabitants in the village.^[1]

History

Olympiada was first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Rakita, had forty-five households and produced vines, honey, and swine.^[3]

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.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ Kravari, Vassiliki (1989). Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale. Réalités byzantines (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Editions P. Lethielleux. p. 325. ISBN 2-283-60452-4.