Agia Sofia, Larissa

Agia Sofia, known as Oxilar until 1927, is a village in the municipality of Tyrnavos. Before the 1997 local government reform it was a part of the community of Dendra. The 2021 census recorded 98 inhabitants in the village. Agia Sofia is a part of the local community of Dendra Tyrnavou.

History

In the Ottoman tahrir defter of 1521, the settlement was recorded as a village with the name. Moreover, in the Ottoman tahrir defter of 1544, the village included Selanik Yörüks, who had military obligations that required them to give five soldiers and 20 assistants per household.

Etymology

The former name means archers in Turkish. The current name Agia Sofia means Holy Wisdom in Greek.