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Kileler Κιλελέρ
Municipality
KilelerLocation within the region
Coordinates: 39°30′N 22°38′E / 39.500°N 22.633°E / 39.500; 22.633
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Larissa
Area
• Municipality	976.3 km (377.0 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	147.35 km (56.89 sq mi)
• Community	34.478 km (13.312 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	18,070
• Density	19/km (48/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	1,719
• Municipal unit density	12/km (30/sq mi)
• Community	443
• Community density	13/km (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΡΙ

Kileler (Greek: Κιλελέρ, romanized: Kilelér, between 1919 and 1985: Κυψέλη - Kypseli) is a village and a municipality in the regional unit of Larissa in Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Nikaia. The village became known for the Kileler incident that occurred on March 6, 1910.

Transport

The village is served by Kypseli railway station, on the Larissa-Volos branch line

Municipality

The municipality Kileler was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Armenio
• Kileler
• Krannonas
• Nikaia
• Platykampos

The municipality Kileler has an area of 976.26 km, the municipal unit Kileler has an area of 147.350 km, and the community Kileler has an area of 34.478 km.

References

Further reading:

• Population Exchange in Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees, 1922 - 1930 by Elisabeth Kontogiorgi (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006)
• Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44, by Mark Mazower (Yale Nota Bene, 2001).

1. "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.
2. EETAA local government changes, Kileler
3. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "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.

v t e Administrative division of the Thessaly Region
Area 14,037 km (5,420 sq mi) Population 732,762 (as of 2011) Municipalities 25 (since 2011) Capital Larissa
Regional unit of Karditsa	Argithea Karditsa Lake Plastiras Mouzaki Palamas Sofades
Regional unit of Larissa	Agia Elassona Farsala Kileler Larissa Tempi Tyrnavos
Regional unit of Magnesia	Almyros Rigas Feraios South Pelion Volos Zagora-Mouresi
Regional unit of the Sporades	Alonnisos Skiathos Skopelos
Regional unit of Trikala	Farkadona Meteora Pyli Trikala
Regional governor Konstantinos Agorastos (reelected 2014) Decentralized Administration Thessaly and Central Greece

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