Karditsa (regional unit)
The Regional District of Karditsa (Greek Periferiaki Einotita Karditsa ) is one of the five regional districts he Greek region of Thessaly, the Greek administrative region of Thessaly with its headquarters in the city of Karditsa. Until the Greek administrative reform of 2010, the area around the main town of Karditsa had the status of a prefecture. Meanwhile, their skills were transferred to the region and the revised municipalities; the Regional District sent nine MPs in the Thessalian Regional Council, has also, however, no political significance as a local authority. Karditsa includes the municipalities Argithea, Karditsa, Limni Plastira, Mouzaki, Palamas and Sofades.
Geography
Geographically and geo-morphologically the regional district is divided into two parts: in the west, southwest and south to find the eastern foothills of the Pindos massif, the northwest, north, northeast, east and southeast part of the hilly transition to the plain of Thessaly. The western boundary is formed by the river Achelous shortly before its impoundment for Kremasta reservoir. In the mountainous western west-southwest of the city of Karditsa the Plastiras Lake is (also Tavropos lake called ) formed by the damming of the river Tavropos ( Megdova ) emerged in the 1960s. To the west, southwest and south of the Plastira lake are Agrafa mountains on the border with Evrytania. The highest point of the Regional District is located in the west of Plastira lake in the mountains above: the Karava (or Karava Agrafon ) with a maximum height of 2,184 m above sea level. d M. The entire western part of the area is hochgebirgig.
In the south, the mountains of the Pindos massif run out flat; here maximum altitudes of 1021-1447 m above sea level can be achieved. To the east, the south flattens to the massif of Narthakio, which has its southeastern continuation in the massifs of Gouras and Othris, from.
The city of Karditsa is located approximately in the middle of the area prefecture and has in its west, the foothills of the Pindos massif; to the east, northeast, north and south opens to the hilly transition, the Thessalian plain.
Traffic
In the area of Karditsa is the road with a very large distance The primarily transport in both the private and commercial private vehicles. Even public transport is handled primarily via the KTEL buses.
Road
The National Highway 30 runs from northwest Coming from Trikala first to Karditsa, there swivels in the direction from east-southeast and continues over Sofades, Farsala, Neo Monastiri, Nea Anichialos to Volos in the east. Powerful east- west connections - especially after western Greece and southern Epirus do not exist. The road from Karditsa to Arta in the west over Mavromati, Mouzaki, Oxia across the Pindos massif is curvy and narrow. In winter it is not safe passable. The north - south trade routes are guaranteed by the National Road 30, however, the road link to Karpenissi in Evrytania is not powerful also because of their very twisty route and the expansion of state.
In the coming years, particularly the north- south trade routes to be significantly improved by the construction of the highway 3 in the road network. The Highway 3 will connect the highway 1 ( Athens -Thessaloniki ) at Lamia (Greece ) with the Highway 2 between Metsovo and Grevena. The route takes you through the Karditsa Prefecture Karditsa and through the metropolitan area.
Railway
Karditsa has a transportation hub of the Greek railway network in the village of Stavros. There, the main axis of the Greek railway from Thessaloniki crosses in the north to Lamia to Athens in the south of the railway line from Volos to the east over Farsala, Karditsa, Trikala to Kalambaka. The major route is currently being expanded to the level of high-speed trains, with the passage of the western flank of the mountains Othris still consists of a veritable Paßanstieg. Goal to remedy a tunneling of Domokos after Lianokladi: the financing of this major tunnel but is currently not clear.
A church in the town of Karditsa