Valanida (Greek: Βαλανίδα, Greek pronunciation: [vala'niða]) is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality.

[2] Before the 2011 local government reform, it was part of the municipality of Elassona, of which it was a municipal district.

[2] The community of Valanida covers an area of 58.354 km2.

[3] The settlement is recorded as a village and as "Valanida" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter number 101 dating to 1521.

[4] The community of Valanida consists of two separate settlements:[5]