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. 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. 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 municipal unit of Palamas is divided into the following communities: