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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ “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.
- ^ Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece, Chapter 37, Epirus
- ^ a b “ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities” (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ “Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)” (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
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| Regional unit of Magnesia | ||
| Regional unit of the Sporades | ||
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