Ossa, Thessaloniki
Ossa, known before 1926 as Visoka, is a village and a community of the Langadas municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Vertiskos, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 387 inhabitants in the village and 456 inhabitants in the community of Ossa. The community of Ossa covers an area of 59.12 km2.
Ossa is traditionally a Slavic speaking village. The village's older name comes from the Slavic word meaning "high" or "elevated". In 1997, the Greek newspaper Eleftherotypia reported that authorities confiscated the icons of the local church in Ossa because they were inscribed in the Slavic alphabet.
Ossa is also the birthplace of Kyranna of Thessaloniki.The community of Ossa consists of two separate settlements:
The aforementioned population figures are as of 2011.
