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{{about||the Greek poet|Kostis Palamas|Saint Gregory Palamas|Gregory Palamas}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name               = Palamas
|name_local         = Παλαμάς
|type = municipality
|image_map = 2011 Dimos Palama.png
|image_skyline      = Dimos Palama Topo.png
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|coordinates        = {{coord|39|28|N|22|04|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation      = 105 
|periph             = [[Thessaly]]
|periphunit         =  [[Karditsa (regional unit)|Karditsa]]
|pop_municipality   = 13424
|area_municipality  = 382.7
|pop_municunit   = 7324
|area_municunit   = 154.1
|pop_community   = 4770
|established_c      = 
|established_m      = 
|mayor              = 
|party              = 
|since              = 
|population_as_of   = 2021
|postal_code        = 432 00
|area_code          = 26940
|licence            = KA
|website            = 
}}

'''Palamas''' (Greek: Παλαμάς) is a town and a municipality in the [[Karditsa (regional unit)|Karditsa regional unit]], [[Greece]]. Palamas is located south-southwest of [[Larissa]], the capital of Thessaly, northwest of [[Lamia (city)|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 [[Greek National Road 6|GR-6]] (Larissa - Trikala - [[Ioannina]] - [[Igoumenitsa]]) and [[Sofades]].  The [[Pineios River (Thessaly)|Pineios River]] is to the north as well as the [[Trikala (regional unit)|Trikala regional unit]].

==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:<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref>
*[[Fyllo]]
*Palamas
*[[Sellana]]

The municipality has an area of 382.722 km<sup>2</sup>, the municipal unit 154.077 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref>

===Subdivisions===
The municipal unit of Palamas is divided into the following communities:<ref name=Kallikratis/>
*[[Agios Dimitrios, Karditsa|Agios Dimitrios]]
*[[Gorgovites]]
*[[Kalyvakia, Karditsa|Kalyvakia]]
*[[Koskina, Karditsa|Koskina]] (Koskina, Psathochori)
*[[Markos, Greece|Markos]]
*[[Metamorfosi, Karditsa|Metamorfosi]]
*'''Palamas'''
*[[Vlochos]] (Vlochos, Lykorema)

==Population==

{| class=wikitable
! Year !! Town !! Municipal unit !! Municipality 
|-
| 1981 || 5,448 || - || - 
|-
| 1991 || 6,010 || - || - 
|-
| 2001 || 5,807 || 10,050 || - 
|-
| 2011 || 5,745 || 8,903 || 16,726 
|-
| 2021 || 4,770 || 7,324 || 13,424
|}

== Notable people ==
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*[[Manthos Falagas]] (born 1992), football player

== References ==
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==External links==

{{Kallikratis-Thessaly}}
{{Palamas div}}

[[Category:Populated places in Karditsa (regional unit)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Thessaly]]
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