Melas
Melas is a mountainous village in the regional unit of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Kastoria and specifically to the municipal unit of Korestia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 88 residents
- Description: village in Kastoria, Greece
- Also known as: “Káto Melás”, “Melas, Kastoria”, “Statista”, and “Státista”
- Postal code: 52055
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pavlos Melas Museum.
Pavlos Melas Museum
Museum
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The Pavlos Melas Museum is located in the village of Melas, in the north part of the regional unit of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Koryfi and Makrochori.
Koryfi
Hamlet
Koryfi is an abandoned village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The village had an altitude of 1,350 m. It was part of the community of Simos Ioannidis. Koryfi is situated 3 km east of Melas.
Makrochori
Village
Makrochori, is a village of Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece. Makrochori is situated 3½ km south of Melas.
Trivouno
Hamlet
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Trivouno was a village in Florina Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Situated at an altitude of 1,156 m, the abandoned village is located 15 kilometres south–west from Florina. Trivouno is situated 5 km northeast of Melas.
Melas
- Category: locality
- Location: Kastoria, Kastoria, West Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.70393° or 40° 42′ 14″ northLongitude
21.26422° or 21° 15′ 51″ eastPopulation
88Elevation
980 metres (3,215 feet)Open location code
8GG3P737+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 287221852OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
735242Wikidata ID
Q3396792
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Serbian—“Melas” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Мелас”
- Bulgarian: “Статица” (historical)
- Bulgarian: “Статища”
- Dutch: “Melas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميلاس”
- French: “Melás”
- German: “Melas”
- Greek: “Άγιος Ευστάθιος” (historical)
- Greek: “Κάτω Μελάς”
- Greek: “Μελάς Καστοριάς”
- Greek: “Μελάς”
- Greek: “Στάθιστα” (historical)
- Greek: “Στάτιστα” (historical)
- Greek: “Στάτιτσα”
- Macedonian: “Мелас”
- Macedonian: “Статица” (historical)
- Russian: “Мелас”
- Serbian: “Статица”
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