Karya ( el, Καρυά, ) is a village, a
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
and a municipal unit of the
Elassona municipality.
Before the 2011 local government reform it was an independent community.
The 2011 census recorded 542 inhabitants in the community and 719 in the municipal unit.
The community of Karya covers an area of 74.964 km
2 while the municipal unit covers 158.685 km
2.
Administrative division
The municipal unit of Karya consists of three communities:
*Karya
*
Kryovrysi
*
Sykaminea
Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Karya was 542 people, a decrease of almost 18% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.
Geography and climate
It is close to
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, be ...
, encouraging tourists' visits. The area has moderate temperatures year round, though in winter snow falls over the upper elevations.
See also
*
List of settlements in the Larissa regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Larissa regional unit, Greece.
* Achilleio
* Aetolofos
* Agia
* Agia Sophia
* Agioi Anargyroi
* Agios Georgios, Farsala
* Agios Georgios, Kileler
* Agnanteri
* Aigani
* Akri
* Alexandrini
* Amouri
* ...
References
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Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)