{{Infobox Greek Dimos |name = Skotina |name_local = Σκοτίνα |type = community |image_skyline = Skotina Pierias.jpg |caption_skyline = View of Skotina from south | periph = [[Central Macedonia]] | periphunit = [[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]] |municipality = [[Dio-Olympos]] |municunit= [[East Olympos]] |population_as_of = 2021 |population = 857 |elevation = |coordinates = {{coord|40|01|N|22|33|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = 600 63 |area_code = 23520 |licence = KN }} '''Skotina''' ({{Langx|el|Σκοτίνα}}) is a [[rural settlement]] of the former municipality of [[East Olympos]], itself part of the municipality of [[Dion-Olympos]], in the [[Pieria (regional unit)|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 (Pieria)|Herakleion]] (4 km) and [[Leivithra]] (2 km).
==Population== The community of Skotina had a population 857 inhabitants as of 2021.<ref name="census21"/> The community consists of the settlements of Skotina, [[Beach of Skotina|Paralia Skotinas]] and the nowadays uninhabited Palia Skotina.<ref name=census11>{{cite web | url = http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls | title = Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός | publisher = Hellenic Statistical Authority | language = el }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Notes== *Encyclopedia Μαλλιάρης- Παιδεία, Volume 24, p. 27.
{{Municipality of Dio-Olympos}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)]] [[Category:Dion-Olympos]] [[Category:Mount Olympus]]