Livadi or Leivadi () is a village and a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Elassona, of which it is a municipal unit.
In the Ottoman tahrir defteri of 1521, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name . The village was founded by Aromanian agricultural and livestock farmers. Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent municipality. The community of Livadi covers an area of 140.90 km2 while the respective municipal unit 158.273 km2.
Subdivisions The municipal unit Livadi is subdivided into the following communities: Dolichi Livadi
Geography Livadi borders Pieria regional unit to the northeast, and Kozani regional unit to the northwest. Livadi is located west of Pythio and Katerini, NNW of Larissa, north of Elassona and southeast of Kozani.
Population Year Village population Municipal unit population 1991 3,164 - 1991 2,882 - 2001 2,515 2,983 2011 2,244 2,674 2021 2,079 2,413
Notable people Giorgakis Olympios (1772–1821), fighter in the Greek War of Independence
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