Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the Karditsa regional unit,

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. Population 16,726 (2011). Palamas is located south-southwest of

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, the capital of Thessaly, northwest of

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, north of

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, east-northeast of

Karditsa Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly. Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, th ...

and east-southeast of

Trikala Trikala ( el, Τρίκαλα; rup, Trikolj) is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios. According to the Greek National Stati ...

. Palamas is linked with the road linking Karditsa and Larissa. It also serves roads with the GR-6 (Larissa - Trikala -

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) and

. The Pineios River is to the north as well as the Trikala regional unit.

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: * Fyllo *Palamas *

Sellana Sellana (Greek: Σέλλανα) is a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Palamas Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality ...

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: *

Agios Dimitrios Agios Dimitrios ( Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Dimitrios, before 1928: Μπραχάμι - ''Brahami'') is a suburb in the southern part of the Athens, Greece. Geography Agios Dimitrios is situated 5 km south of Athen ...

* Gorgovites * Kalyvakia * Koskina (Koskina, Psathochori) * Markos *

Metamorfosi Metamorfosi ( el, Μεταμόρφωση, Metamórfosi, transfiguration; before 1957: Koukouvaounes ( el, link=no, Κουκουβάουνες, Koukouváounes) is a suburb in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece, and a municipali ...

*Palamas *

Vlochos Vlochos ( el, Βλοχός) is a village in modern Thessaly, Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Palamas in the regional unit of Karditsa. History Just south of the village lies the steep hill of Strongilovouni ( el, Στρογγυλοβού� ...

(Vlochos, Lykorema)

Population

Notable people

Manthos Falagas Mattheos 'Manthos' Falagas (born 24 January 1992 in Palamas, Karditsa) is a football forward who currently plays for Anagennisi Karditsa F.C.in the Football League 2, the third Greek national football division. He started his career as a prof ...

(born 1992), football player

References

External links

{{Palamas div Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit) Municipalities of Thessaly