Palamas
Municipality in Greece
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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.
Palamas
Παλαμάς | |
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  Palamas | |
| Coordinates: 39°28′N 22°04′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Karditsa |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 382.7 km2 (147.8 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 154.1 km2 (59.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Municipality | 13,424 |
| • Density | 35.08/km2 (90.85/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 7,324 |
| • Municipal unit density | 47.53/km2 (123.1/sq mi) |
| • Community | 4,770 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 432 00 |
| Area code | 26940 |
| Vehicle registration | KA |
History
William Martin Leake wrote in Travels in Northern Greece (published in 1835), in the course of his description of the Thessalian plain, that Palama lay at a distance of two or three miles to the right of his route, near the Fersalitis, between Palama and Vlokho. He notes that in this stretch the Fersalitis is joined by a branch formed by the junction of the Vrysia, identified as the proper Apidanus, with a tributary issuing from the mountains of Agrafa below Smokovo and flowing by Sofadhes.[2]
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:[3]
The municipality has an area of 382.722 km2, the municipal unit 154.077 km2.[4]
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Palamas is divided into the following communities:[3]
- Agios Dimitrios
- Gorgovites
- Kalyvakia
- Koskina (Koskina, Psathochori)
- Markos
- Metamorfosi
- Palamas
- Vlochos (Vlochos, Lykorema)
Population
| Year | Town | Municipal unit | Municipality |
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| 1981 | 5,448 | - | - |
| 1991 | 6,010 | - | - |
| 2001 | 5,807 | 10,050 | - |
| 2011 | 5,745 | 8,903 | 16,726 |
| 2021 | 4,770 | 7,324 | 13,424 |
Notable people
- Manthos Falagas (born 1992), football player