Palamas

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For the Greek poet see Kostis Palamas.
For Saint Gregory Palamas see Gregory Palamas.
Municipality of Palamas
Δήμος Παλαμά
Dimos Palama
Statistics
Prefecture: Karditsa
Province: none
Number of municipal districts: 8 (see below)
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
39.4625 (39° 27' 43") N
22.0735 (22° 4' 27") E
Population: (2001)
-
-Percent of the municipality
5,807
3.89%
Altitude:
 -lowest:
 -centre:
Pineios River
95 m
about 105 m
Postal code: GR-432 00
Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-26940
Car designation: KA

Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the Karditsa Prefecture, Greece. Population 10,050 (2001). 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 and is in the middle of it. 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 Prefecture.

Contents

[edit] Municipal districts

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

[edit] Population

Year Town population Change Municipal population Change Percent of the prefecture
1981 5,448 - - - -
1991 6,010 -562 or -10.32% - - -
2001 5,807 -203 or -3.37% 10,050 - 3.9%

[edit] Other

Palamas has schools, lyceums (middle schools), a few gymnasia (secondary schools), churches, banks, a post offices and a square (plateia). It also has schools across the municipality.

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Municipal districts of the municipality of Palamas
Agios Dimitrios · Gorogvites · Kalyvakia · Koskina (Psathochori) · Markos · Metamorfosi · Palamas · Vlochos (Lykorema)
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Municipalities and Communities of the Karditsa Prefecture
Municipalities
Acheloos • Argithea • Arni • Fyllo • Itamos • Ithomi • Kallifono • Kampos • Karditsa • Menelaida • Mitropoli • Mouzaki • Nevropoli Agrafon • Palamas • Pamisos • Plastiras • Rentina • Sellana • Sofades • Tamasio
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