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Postal code | 361 xx | ||
Area code | 22370 | ||
Licence plate code | ΚΗ |
Markos Botsaris
Near Karpenisi at Kefalovrysso Markos Botsaris , a hero of the Greek war of independence ,was killed in August 1823. A statue of Botsaris is placed in the plateia (square) of Karpenisi.
Division of the municipality
Agios Andreas
Agios Andreas is a mountain village (alt. c. 1000 m) c. 8km from Karpenisi
Agios Nikolaos
Agios Nikolaos is a mountain village (alt. c. 1020 m), in the past it was a community called Laspi before it was renamed to Agios Nikolaos as the synonymous church in the village. Agios Nikolaos is c. 9 km from Karpenisi.
Gorianades
Gorianades is a mountain village (alt. c. 840 m) c. 4 km from Karpenisi.
Kallithea
Kallithea is a settlement 4 km from Karpenisi (alt. c. 950 m). In the past it was known as Miara
Koryschades
Koryschades is a mountain village (alt. c. 960 m) c. 6 km from Karpenisi. The name is possible derived from Korys (κόρυς), an ancient Greek name for "Helmet".
Myriki
Myriki is a mountain village (alt. c. 1100 m), c. 7 km from Karpenisi. In the past it was known as Mikro Kastraki and Myrisi before it was renamed to Myriki
Paparousi
Paparousi (old Form Paparousion) is a mountain village (alt. c. 660 m), 24 km from Karpenisi.
Pavlopoulo
Pavlopoulo (or Pavlopoulon) is a mountain village (alt. c. 780 m), 24 km from Karpenisi.
Stefani
Stefani (older Form Stefanion) is a mountain village (alt. c. 950 m), 15 km from Karpenisi. In the past Stefani was known as Goliani.
Voutyro
Voutyro is a mountain village (alt. c. 820 m) 9 km from Karpenisi.
Historical population
Year Population
1981 5230
1991 5868
2001 6592
Other
Karpenisi has schools, lyceums or middle schools, gymnasia or high schools, churches, post offices, banks and squares (plateies).
Sister city
Asheville, North Carolina
Karpenisi
Prefectural capitals of Greece Agios Nikolaos | Alexandroupoli | Amfissa | Argostoli | Arta | Athens | Chalcis | Chania | Chios |Corfu | Corinth | Drama | Edessa | Elefsina | Ermoupoli | Florina | Grevena | Heraklion | Igoumenitsa | Ioannina | Kalamata | Karditsa | Karpenisi | Kastoria | Kavala | Kilkis | Komotini | Kozani | Lamia | Larissa | Lefkada | Livadeia | Messolonghi | Mytilene | Nafplion | Pallini | Patras | Piraeus | Polygyros | Preveza | Pyrgos | Rethymno | Rhodes | Serres | Sparta | Thessaloniki | Trikala | Tripoli | Vathy (Samos) | Veria | Volos | Xanthi | Zakynthos |
Persons
Zacharias Papantoniou (1877 Karpenisi – 1.2.1940 Athens), author , poet
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