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Skotina

Field	Value
name	Skotina
name_local	Σκοτίνα
type	community
image_skyline	Skotina Pierias.jpg
caption_skyline	View of Skotina from south
periph	Central Macedonia
periphunit	Pieria
municipality	Dio-Olympos
municunit	East Olympos
population_as_of	2021
population	857
coordinates
postal_code	600 63
area_code	23520
licence	KN

Skotina () is a rural settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, itself part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.

Name

The name is taken due to handmade costumes (woolen fabrics, handmade costumes), which were made in the region that made the cloaks and the sails for sailing ships of the era.

Geography

The village is built on the southeastern edge of the mount Olympus, 32 km from the city of Katerini, and has a view towards the Thermaic Gulf. Ancient places nearby are Herakleion (4 km) and Leivithra (2 km).

Population

The community of Skotina had a population 857 inhabitants as of 2021. The community consists of the settlements of Skotina, Paralia Skotinas and the nowadays uninhabited Palia Skotina.

References

Notes

Encyclopedia Μαλλιάρης- Παιδεία, Volume 24, p. 27.

References

"Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός". Hellenic Statistical Authority.

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