Palamas

Palamas

Palamas

Municipality in Greece

For the Greek poet, see Kostis Palamas. For Saint Gregory Palamas, see Gregory Palamas.

Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Palamas is located south-southwest of Larissa, the capital of Thessaly, northwest of Lamia, north of Sofades, east-northeast of Karditsa and east-southeast of Trikala. Palamas is linked with the road linking Karditsa and Larissa. It also serves roads with the GR-6 (Larissa - Trikala - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa) and Sofades. The Pineios River is to the north as well as the Trikala regional unit.

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Municipality

The municipality Palamas was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

The municipality has an area of 382.722 km2, the municipal unit 154.077 km2.[3]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Palamas is divided into the following communities:[2]

  • Agios Dimitrios
  • Gorgovites
  • Kalyvakia
  • Koskina (Koskina, Psathochori)
  • Markos
  • Metamorfosi
  • Palamas
  • Vlochos (Vlochos, Lykorema)

Population

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Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. [3]
    "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
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