Stomio, Larissa

Stomio (Greek: Στόμιο) or Stomion (Στόμιον) is a coastal town in central Greece (Thessaly), the capital city of the municipality of Evrymenes (Evrimenes) in the Larissa Prefecture. Stomio is connected with a road linking several villages by the Aegean Sea and the GR-1/E75 (Athens - Larissa - Thessaloniki) with an interchange in a form of the junction, its nearby interchange in a form of a freeway or motorway standard will be added.

About Stomio

The former name of Stomio was Tsagezi or Tsayezi (Greek: Τσάγεζι). It's geographical spot combines the beauty of the mountain with the incomparable one of the sea. The dense vegetation of Mount Ossa (Kissavos) reaches the beaches of the Aegean Sea and the Pineios River (Thessaly) Delta. The ancient city Eurymenae (Erymnae) was in the Stomio area. A Byzantine period Greek Orthodox monastery (the Komnenian Monastery of Virgin Mary's Assumption & Saint Demetrius (Monastery of Komnenion) by Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos) is located near Stomio.

ubdivisions

*Apostolos Pavlos
*Camps of Saint Demetrius
*Monastery of Saint Demetrius

Population

Other

Stomio has primary schools, gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (high school), police station, harbor (port), port station, bank, churches, monastery, post office and squares (plateia).

Notable people

*Dimitris P. Kraniotis (1966) poet and medical doctor

External links

* [http://www.evrimenon.gr/index.php?pid=1&lg=EN The Official Website of the Municipality of Evrymenes]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=12667 Stomio on GTP Travel Pages]
* [http://www.stomio.de/ Stomio]
* [http://www.blueflag.org/blueflag/2006/Greece/Larisa/STOMIO Blue Flag]
* [http://www.maps-of-greece.org/map_of_stomio_larissa_central_greece.html Map of Stomio]
* [http://www.atlapedia.com/online/maps/political/Greece_etc.htm Stomio in the map of Greece]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.8625&longitude=23.734&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.8625&lons1=23.734&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.8625,23.734 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.8625&lon=23.734&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
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*Coordinates: coord|39|51|53|N|22|44|2|E|type:city(616)_region:GR

ee also

*List of settlements in the Larissa prefecture