Kileler

Kileler (, 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 km², the municipal unit Kileler has an area of 147.350 km², and the community Kileler has an area of 34.478 km².

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).

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