Palamas

Palamas

Palamas (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the Karditsa Prefecture, Greece. Population 10,050 (2001). 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 and is in the middle of it. 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 Prefecture.

Municipal districts

*Agios Dimitrios
*Gorgovites
*Kalyvakia
*Koskina
**Psathochori
*Markos
*Metamorfosi
*Palamas
*Vlochos
**Lykorema

Population

Other

Palamas has schools, lyceums (middle schools), a few gymnasia (secondary schools), churches, banks, a post offices and a square ("plateia"). It also has schools across the municipality.

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=12530 Palamas on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
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*Coordinates: coord|39|27|43|N|22|4|27|E|type:city(5,807)_region:GR|display=inline,title


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