Tyrnavos
Tyrnavos
Τύρναβος | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 39°44′N 22°17′E / 39.733°N 22.283°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Larissa |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 525.3 km2 (202.8 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 370.56 km2 (143.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Municipality | 222,280 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 15,023 |
| • Municipal unit density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| • Community | 11,210 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 401 00 |
| Vehicle registration | ΡΙ |
| Website | www |
Tyrnavos (Greek: Τύρναβος, romanized: Týrnavos) is a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, of the Thessaly region of Greece. It is the second-largest town of the Larissa regional unit, after Larissa. The town is near the mountains and the Thessalian Plain. The river Titarisios, a tributary of the Pineios, flows through the town. Tyrnavos is bypassed by the Greek National Road 3 (Larissa – Elassona – Kozani – Niki). Tyrnavos is located south-southwest of Thessaloniki and Katerini, northwest of Larissa, east-northeast of Trikala and south-southeast of Elassona and Kozani. Here live an important community of Aromanians (Vlachs).