Palamas

Palamas
Παλαμάς
Municipality
Location of Palamas
Palamas is located in Greece
Palamas
Palamas
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 39°28′N 22°04′E / 39.467°N 22.067°E / 39.467; 22.067
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitKarditsa
Area
 • Municipality
382.7 km2 (147.8 sq mi)
 • Municipal unit154.1 km2 (59.5 sq mi)
Elevation
105 m (344 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Municipality
13,424
 • Density35.08/km2 (90.85/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
7,324
 • Municipal unit density47.53/km2 (123.1/sq mi)
 • Community
4,770
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
432 00
Area code26940
Vehicle registrationKA

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. 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.

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:

The municipality has an area of 382.722 km2, the municipal unit 154.077 km2.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Palamas is divided into the following communities:

Population

YearTownMunicipal unitMunicipality
19815,448--
19916,010--
20015,80710,050-
20115,7458,90316,726
20214,7707,32413,424

Transportation

The Piraeus–Platy railway briefly passes through the municipality, near Orfana [el]: the only railway station in the municipality is also called Orfana.

The A3 motorway and the Larissa–Karditsa road corridor (part of Karditsa Provincial Road 17 and Larissa Provincial Road 28) passes through the municipality: the EO30 road briefly passes through the municipality at the western end, near Kalogriana [el].

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Col. William Leake, Travels in Northern Greece, Chapter 37, Epirus
  3. 1 2 "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. ↑ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  5. ↑ Royal Decree (in Greek), 6 February 1956 (FEK A' 47/08.02.1956, pp. 766, 772). Archived from the original on 3 April 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.