Larissa

Larissa is the capital and biggest metropolis of the Thessaly place, the fourth-most populous in Greece according to the populace outcomes of municipal devices of 2011 census and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a major agricultural centre and a countrywide shipping hub, connected by avenue and rail with the port of Volos, the towns of Thessaloniki and Athens. Larissa, inside its municipality, has 162,591 inhabitants, while the local unit of Larissa reached a populace of 284,325 in 2011.

The urban location of the metropolis, despite the fact that on the whole contained inside the Larissa municipality, also consists of the communities of Giannouli, Platykampos, Nikaia, Terpsithea and several other suburban settlements, bringing the wider urban place populace of the city to approximately 174,012 inhabitants and extends over a place of 572.3 km2. Traces of Paleolithic human settlement were recovered from the region, however it become peripheral to areas of superior subculture.

The place around Larissa was extremely fruitful; it was agriculturally critical and in antiquity changed into acknowledged for its horses. The neighborhood soccer club AEL 1964 FC presently participates in Superleague Greece. The team became Greek champion in 1988 and gained the Greek Cup in 1985 and 2007. These titles place AEL some of the 5 most crucial soccer clubs in Greece. AEL hosts its domestic games in the newbuild AEL FC Arena when you consider that November 2010, a UEFA 3-big name-rated soccer floor.