Palamas
{{about||the Greek poet|Kostis Palamas|Saint Gregory Palamas|Gregory Palamas}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Palamas
|name_local = Παλαμάς
|type = municipality
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|elevation = 105
|periph = Thessaly
|periphunit = Karditsa
|pop_municipality = 13424
|area_municipality = 382.7
|pop_municunit = 7324
|area_municunit = 154.1
|pop_community = 4770
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|postal_code = 432 00
|area_code = 26940
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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.
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:{{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 municipality has an area of 382.722 km2, the municipal unit 154.077 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}}
=Subdivisions=
The municipal unit of Palamas is divided into the following communities:
- Agios Dimitrios
- Gorgovites
- Kalyvakia
- Koskina (Koskina, Psathochori)
- Markos
- Metamorfosi
- Palamas
- Vlochos (Vlochos, Lykorema)
Population
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! Year !! Town !! Municipal unit !! Municipality | |||
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
References
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External links
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Category:Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)