Elateia

Elateia (Greek:Ελάτεια) was an ancient Greek city of Phocis, and the most important place in that region after Delphi. It is also a modern-day town that is a former municipality in the southeastern part of Phthiotis. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is a municipal unit of the municipality Amfikleia-Elateia. Its population is 5,636 inhabitants (2001 census) and its land area is 154.361 km². The municipal seat was the town of Eláteia (pop. 3,585); other towns are Zeli (910), Panagítsa (219), Lefkochóri (208), Sfáka (167), and Katályma (26).