Olympos (Greek: Όλυμπος) is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Larissa regional unit,

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Elassona Elassona ( el, Ελασσόνα; Katharevousa: gr, Ἐλασσών, Elasson) is a town and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson (Ὀλοοσσών) and was a town of the Perrhaebi tr ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,164 (2011). The municipal unit has an area of 303.964 km². The seat of the municipality was in

Kallithea Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a district of Athens and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (96,118 inhabitants, 2021 census) and the fourth biggest i ...

. The municipality was named after the nation's highest point,

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 ...

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Olympos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Flampouro (Skopia, Sparmos, Vrysopoules) *

Kallithea Elassonos Kallithea Elassonos ( el, Καλλιθέα Ελασσόνος, ), known before 1927 as Sadovo ( el, Σάντοβο), is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipal ...

(Kallithea, Petroto) * Kokkinogeio *

Kokkinopilos Kokkinopilos ( el, Κοκκινοπηλός, ) is an Aromanian village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos. The 2011 census recorded 125 inhabitants i ...

(Kokkinopilos, Kalyvia) * Lofos (Lofos, Asprochoma) * Olympiada *

Pythio Pythio (Greek: Πύθιο, tr, Kuleliburgaz), sometimes referred to as Pythion, is a village and community in the eastern part of Didymoteicho municipality, Evros regional unit, Greece. It is 16 km east of the centre of Didymoteicho, on th ...

Population

Geography

The municipality is mountainous, especially in the northeastern part, where Greece's tallest point,

, is situated. The village Kallithea is situated in the lower southwestern part, which is characterised by small rivers and farmlands. The

Greek National Road 13 Greek National Road 13 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 13, abbreviated as EO13) is a single carriageway road in northern Greece. It connects Katerini with the Greek National Road 3 at Mikro Eleftherochori, 8 km north of Elassona. Route The ro ...

(

Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ...

) passes through the municipal unit.

lies south of Olympos, and the Pieria regional unit lies to the northeast.

External links

Olympos on GTP Travel Pages

Olympos municipal unit

References

{{Olympos, Larissa Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)