Country Greece Regional unit Karditsa Time zone EET (UTC+2) | Administrative region Thessaly Elevation 105 m (344 ft) Postal code 432 00 | |
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Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Greece. Population 16,726 (2011). 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. Palamas is linked with the road linking Karditsa and Larissa. It also serves roads with the GR-6 (Larissa - Trikala - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa) and Sofades. The Pineios River is to the north as well as the Trikala regional unit.
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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: