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Community in Greece

Rizoma Ρίζωμα Community Rizoma Coordinates: 39°39′54″N 21°44′02″E / 39.665°N 21.734°E / 39.665; 21.734 Country Greece Administrative region Thessaly Regional unit Trikala Municipality Trikala Municipal unit Paralithaioi Population (2021)[1] • Community 790 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

**Rizoma** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Ρίζωμα, before 1927: Σκλάταινα - *Sklataina*[2]) is a village in the [Trikala regional unit](/source/Trikala_(regional_unit)), [Thessaly](/source/Thessaly), [Greece](/source/Greece). In the 2021 census it reported 790 residents.[1] It lies at 160 meters above sea level, 12 km north of the city of [Trikala](/source/Trikala). It has an agricultural economy with [tobacco](/source/Tobacco) being the main product.

The village is the seat of the [Paralithaioi](/source/Paralithaioi) municipal unit and it is inhabited by [Karagounides](/source/Karagounides), the most commonly used name for the residents of the [Thessalian plain](/source/Thessalian_plain). According to local legend this name was given to them by [Alexander the Great](/source/Alexander_the_Great) when he passed through the region in 335 BC on his way to [Thebes](/source/Thebes%2C_Greece). A more likely etymology, based on the prevalence of Slavic toponyms in the area, would be from *[slatina](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slatina)*, meaning "[marsh](/source/Marsh)", with the /k/ added to break up the /sl/ [consonant cluster](/source/Consonant_cluster), which is not native to the [Greek language](/source/Greek_language). See [Σκλάβος](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%82)

The most prominent figure that was born there was the priest-monk Saint Theophilus (mid-16th century) who is recorded as the founder of the [Saint Stephen Monastery](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Stephen_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Meteora](/source/Meteora).

To the north of the town, there is a low hill called Tzougza, where trenches dug in WW2 can still be seen.

		- Rizoma in May 2008 showing its main church St Paraskevi.

		- St Paraskevi

		- View of Rizoma looking North West from Bordovoullo hill. Tzougza hill visible at right of photo; Theopetra visible in the background; Meteora in the distance.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census21_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census21_1-1) ["Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό"](https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/17286366/MON_PLI_DHM_OIKISN_2021.xlsx) [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Name changes of settlements in Greece](http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/171525)

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Trikala Municipal unit of Estiaiotida Chrysavgi Longos Megalochori Patoulia Municipal unit of Faloreia Dialekto Dipotamos Kefalovryso Mega Kefalovryso Megarchi Municipal unit of Kallidendro Dendrochori Fotada Kato Elati Valtino Municipal unit of Koziakas Genesi Gorgogyri Prinos Prodromos Xyloparoiko Municipal unit of Megala Kalyvia Agia Kyriaki Glinos Megala Kalyvia Municipal unit of Paliokastro Agrelia Ardani Koumaria Krinitsa Liopraso Palaiopyrgos Zilefti Municipal unit of Paralithaioi Ellinokastro Platanos Raxa Rizoma Spathades Municipal unit of Trikala Trikala

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