Kato Olympos ( el, Κάτω Όλυμπος, ) is a municipal unit in the
Tempi municipality
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, within the
regional unit
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of
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
, in the historical and
administrative region
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of
Thessaly
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,
Greece
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.
Kato Olympos has, as of 2011, a Population 3,496 inhabitants. The municipal unit has an area of .
The seat of the municipal unit is located in
Pyrgetos Pyrgetos ( el, Πυργετός) is a village in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality of Kato Olympos, which has been part of the municipality of Tempi since 2011. Its elevation is 140 m. In 2011 ...
, the largest of its four 'Local Communities' ():
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Pyrgetos Pyrgetos ( el, Πυργετός) is a village in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality of Kato Olympos, which has been part of the municipality of Tempi since 2011. Its elevation is 140 m. In 2011 ...
(; population 1,463)
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Aigani
Aigani or Egani (; el, Αιγάνη, ) is a village and Local Community () located on the northeastern border of the historical and Administrative Region of Thessaly, Greece. Since Greece's local government reforms of 2011 the Local Community o ...
(; population 1,134)
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Rapsani
Rapsani (Greek: Ραψάνη) is a town of the former municipal district of Kato Olympos, which is part of the municipality of Tempi in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Rep ...
(; population 687)
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Krania (; population 212)
Kato Olympos contains on the southernmost faces of the foothills of
Mt. Olympos and most of the
Pineios river delta where the river enters the
Thermaikos Gulf. The municipal unit also contains the northern half of the
Vale of Tempi a narrow gorge formed by the Pineios which was the site of an important
battle
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during the Second World War.
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References
Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)
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