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Katerini (Greek: Κατερίνη, Kateríni, pronounced) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Regional Unit of Piera in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mount Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf , at an altitude of 14 m.
Paralia (Greek: Παραλία, Paralía, meaning "beach") is a tourist seaside settlement and a former municipality in the eastern part of the Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Katerini, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The seat of the municipality was in Kallithea.
During the Greek War of Independence in 1821, Pieria took up arms along with the rest of Greece, [citation needed] but their struggle failed and Pieria did not join the rest of Greece until the Balkan Wars in 1913. Until 1947, Pieria was part of the Thessaloniki Prefecture (at that time the largest Greek prefecture), as a province. Pieria saw ...
The Metropolis of Kitros, Katerini, and Platamon (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κίτρους, Κατερίνης και Πλαταμώνος) is an Eastern Orthodox metropolis of the Church of Constantinople, but is de facto is administered (by agreement) for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece.
It is also still domestically known by its initial name Katerinoskala (Κατερινόσκαλα) which can be literally expressed as "Katerini's staircase". Olympiaki Akti is a tourist destination and seaside resort suburb (settlement) in the Gulf of Thermaic of the Katerini municipality in the east Pieria province, Greece.
Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality. [2] Before the 2011 local government reform, it was part of the municipality of Petra, of which it was a municipal district. [2] The 2021 census recorded 520 inhabitants in the village. [1]
Peristasi (Greek: Περίσταση) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality, Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. [2] Before the 2011 local government reform, it was part of the municipality of Paralia, of which it was a municipal district. [2] The 2021 census recorded 2,367 inhabitants in the village. [1]
Kato Agios Ioannis (Greek: Κάτω Άγιος Ιωάννης) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality. [2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Korinos, of which it was a municipal district. [2] The 2021 census recorded 486 inhabitants in the village. [1]