Dafnousia

Municipal unit in Greece

Dafnousia Δαφνούσια
Municipal unit
38°43′N 23°03′E / 38.717°N 23.050°E / 38.717; 23.050
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Phthiotis
Municipality	Lokroi
Area
• Municipal unit	77.37 km² (29.87 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	3,387
• Municipal unit density	44/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΜΙ

Dafnousia (Greek: Δαφνούσια) is a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lokroi, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 77.374 km².^[3] In 2021 its population was 3,387. The seat of the municipality was in Livanates where three quarters of the population live. Dafnousia borders on the municipal unit of Atalanti to the south, and Agios Konstantinos to the west. The name of the municipality comes from the ancient city of "Dafnous" or "Dafnountas" (probably today's Agios Konstantinos village).

Subdivisions

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

Arkitsa (Arkitsa, Agia Aikaterini, Agios Nikolaos, Kalypso, Melidoni)
Goulemi
Livanates

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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.