Olympos, Larissa

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Olympos (Greek: Όλυμπος), also Olimpos, Olimbos or Olibos is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Population 3,588 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Kallithea. The municipality is named after the nation's tallest summit, Mount Olympus. Olympos is linked with the GR-3 or the E65 and the GR-13 (Elassona - Katerini). One of the municipalities bounded is Elassonas to the southwest. The Pieria prefecture along with Kato Olympos is to the northeast.

[edit] Municipal districts

• Flampouro
  • Skopia
  • Sparmos
  • Vrysopoules
• Kallithea Elassonos
  • Petroto
• Kokkinogeio
• Kokkinopylos
  • Kalyvia
• Lofos
  • Asprochoma
• Olympiada
• Pythio

[edit] Population

[edit] Geography

The municipality are made up of mountains covering the area with forests in the western and the central parts as well as grasslands. The eastern part are barren and unvegetated with Mount Olympus to the east. Kallithea is situated in a valley area, forests dominate much of the area, farmlands and groves dominate the valley areas as well as most of its hilly areas. Greece's tallest point, Mount Olympus is to the northeast

[edit] Information

Kallithea Elassonos also features a Panhelladic Motocross.

[edit] Other

Olympos has a schools, the only lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (high school), banks, churches, a post office, a police station, a health centre and a pharmacy and a square (plateia).

[edit] External links

• Olympos on GTP Travel Pages
• Kallithea Elassonos' Homepage
• Map and aerial photos:
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  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 39°58′39″N, 22°11′11″E