Country Greece Lowest elevation 1 m (3 ft) Postal code 601 00 Local time Wednesday 10:28 PM Municipality Katerini Regional unit Pieria | Highest elevation 20 m (70 ft) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Vehicle registration KN Area code 23510 Administrative region Central Macedonia | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 59% Humidity | ||
Paralia (Greek: Παραλία) is a tourist seaside village and a former municipality in the eastern part of the Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Katerini, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Kallithea. The 2011 census reported a population of 1,124 for the village of Paralia, and 6,803 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 24.344 km2, the community 1.849 km2.
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Map of Paralia 601 00, Greece
Geography
Paralia is situated on the west coast of the Thermaic Gulf. It lies 2 km east of Kallithea, 5 km south of Korinos and 8 km east of Katerini. Motorway 1 and the Piraeus–Platy railway (nearest station at Katerini) pass west of the village. Paralia has a small port.
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Paralia, Pieria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA