Leptokarya
Leptokarya is a town in Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, former seat of East Olympos municipality, which is part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,230 residents
- Description: town in Pieria, Greece
- Also known as: “Leptokarja”, “Skála Leptokariás”, and “Skála Leptokaryás”
- Postal code: 60063
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leptokarya railway station.
Leptokarya railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leptokarya railway station is a railway station in Leptokarya, a town in Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. The station is located in a residential area, close to the town centre, and is also the closest active station to Mount Olympus National Monument, and sits in the shadow of the ancient landmark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paralia Skotinas and Pláka.
Paralia Skotinas
Hamlet
Photo: Vericalshow, GFDL.
Paralia Skotinas is a seaside settlement which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 κm from Leptokarya, 1 km from Paralia Panteleimonos and 1κm from Skotina. Paralia Skotinas is situated 4 km southeast of Leptokarya.
Pláka
Village
Photo: Salonica84, Public domain.
Plaka is a settlement of the Dio-Olympos municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Litochoro. The 2021 census recorded 194 inhabitants in the village. Plaka is a part of the community of Litochoro. Pláka is situated 4½ km north of Leptokarya.
Skotina
Village
Photo: Haneburger, CC0.
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. Skotina is situated 5 km south of Leptokarya.
Leptokarya
- Categories: beach, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Dio-Olympos, Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.05918° or 40° 3′ 33″ northLongitude
22.56386° or 22° 33′ 50″ eastPopulation
4,230Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8GG43H57+MGOpenStreetMap ID
node 296754056OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
734256Wikidata ID
Q3491767
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Leptokarya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليبتوكاريا”
- Asturian: “Leptokarya”
- Bulgarian: “Лептокария”
- Cebuano: “Leptokaryá”
- Czech: “Leptokaria”
- Czech: “Leptokária”
- Czech: “Leptokárie”
- Dutch: “Leptokarya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليبتوكاريا”
- Finnish: “Leptokaryá”
- French: “Leptokaryá”
- German: “Leptokaria”
- German: “Leptokarya”
- Greek: “Λεπτοκαρυά Πιερίας”
- Greek: “Λεπτοκαρυά”
- Hungarian: “Leptokaria”
- Irish: “Leptokarya”
- Japanese: “エギニオ”
- Japanese: “レプトカリア”
- Macedonian: “Лептокарија”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leptokaryá”
- Polish: “Leptokaria”
- Polish: “Leptokarya”
- Romanian: “Leptokarya”
- Russian: “Лептокарья”
- Serbian: “Leptokarija”
- Serbian: “Лептокарија”
- Swedish: “Leptokaryá”
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