Evangelismos, Larissa

Evangelismos (Greek: Ευαγγελισμός Λάρισας) is a settlement of the municipal unit of Makrychori, which belongs to the municipality of Tempi in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece.

Evangelismos Ευαγγελισμός
Community
Evangelismos
Coordinates: 39.834°N 22.517°E / 39.834; 22.517
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Thessaly
Regional unit	Larissa
Municipality	Tempi
Municipal unit	Makrychori
Area
• Community	8.453 km2 (3.264 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	107
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	400 04
Area code(s)	+30-2495
Vehicle registration	ΡΙ

Evangelismos is built at an altitude of 50 meters^[2] NE of the regional capital, Larissa, in close proximity to the Vale of Tempe and the mountain range of Ossa. Until 1997, it was the seat of the homonymous community of the province of Larissa, while then it was part of the Kapodistrian municipality of Makrychori. In 2011, it came under the Kallikrat municipality of Tempi.^[3]

At the beginning of 2016 at S.E.A. of the area temporarily accommodated refugees passing through from the Middle East.^[4][5]

On 28 February 2023, at 23:21 EET, the area near the settlement was the scene of a head-on collision between an InterCity service and an intermodal train going in the opposite direction on the same stretch of track. With ≥57 dead, ≥85 injured and 2 unaccounted for, it is the single worst railway disaster in the history of railways in Greece.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Population censuses

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1928	255	—
1940	240	−5.9%
1951	231	−3.7%
1961	230	−0.4%
1971	229	−0.4%
1981	202	−11.8%
1991	200	−1.0%
2001	176	−12.0%
2011	127	−27.8%
2021	107	−15.7%
Source: Population censuses[2][11][12][1]