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Polydrosos Πολύδροσος
Community
Panorama of Polydrosos.
Polydrosos
Coordinates: 38°38.4′N 22°31.9′E / 38.6400°N 22.5317°E / 38.6400; 22.5317
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Phocis
Municipality	Delphi
Municipal unit	Parnassos
Area
• Community	38.672 km (14.931 sq mi)
Elevation	384 m (1,260 ft)
Population
• Community	1,027
• Density	27/km (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	330 51
Area code(s)	+30-2234
Vehicle registration	AM

Polydrosos (Greek: Πολύδροσος) is a village and a community of the Delphi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Parnassos, of which it was a municipal district. The community of Polydrosos covers an area of 38.672 km.

History

Signs of civilization in the area are going back in the early-Greek era (3rd millennium BC). After the destruction of some phocis cities and settlements from Philip II of Macedon, the ancient city of Lilaea merged with the near town of Erochus that was placed in the nowadays Polydrosos cemetery area.

Administrative division

The community of Polydrosos consists of three separate settlements:

• Ano Polydrosos (population 13 as of 2021)
• Livadi (uninhabited)
• Polydrosos (population 1,014)

Population

See also

• List of settlements in Phocis

References

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

• Populated places in Phocis
• Delphi
• Mount Parnassus