Menelaida

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|name = Menelaida

|name_local = Μενελαΐδα

|type = municipal unit

|image_map = DE Menelaidas.svg

|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

|periph = Thessaly

|periphunit = Karditsa

|municipality = Sofades

|population = 1514

|population_as_of = 2021

|area = 169.8

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|licence = ΚΑ

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Menelaida ({{langx|el|Μενελαΐδα}}) is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece, named after the ancient city of "Menelais" or "Menelaida", near Loutropigi. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sofades, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 169.840 km².{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} As of 2021 the population was 1,514. The seat of the municipality was in Kedros.