# Skotina

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Community in Greece

Skotina Σκοτίνα Community View of Skotina from south Skotina Coordinates: 40°01′N 22°33′E / 40.017°N 22.550°E / 40.017; 22.550 Country Greece Administrative region Central Macedonia Regional unit Pieria Municipality Dio-Olympos Municipal unit East Olympos Population (2021)[1] • Community 857 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST) Postal code 600 63 Area code 23520 Vehicle registration KN

**Skotina** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Σκοτίνα) is a [rural settlement](/source/Rural_settlement) of the former municipality of [East Olympos](/source/East_Olympos), itself part of the municipality of [Dion-Olympos](/source/Dion-Olympos), in the [Pieria](/source/Pieria_(regional_unit)) regional unit, [Central Macedonia](/source/Central_Macedonia), [Greece](/source/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](/source/Mount_Olympus), 32 km from the city of [Katerini](/source/Katerini), and has a view towards the [Thermaic Gulf](/source/Thermaic_Gulf). Ancient places nearby are [Herakleion](/source/Herakleion_(Pieria)) (4 km) and [Leivithra](/source/Leivithra) (2 km).

## Population

The community of Skotina had a population 857 inhabitants as of 2021.[1] The community consists of the settlements of Skotina, [Paralia Skotinas](/source/Beach_of_Skotina) and the nowadays uninhabited Palia Skotina.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census21_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census21_1-1) ["Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό"](https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/17286366/MON_PLI_DHM_OIKISN_2021.xlsx) [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-census11_2-0)** ["Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός"](http://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/1210503/resident_population_census2011rev.xls) (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

## Notes

- Encyclopedia Μαλλιάρης- Παιδεία, Volume 24, p. 27.

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Dion-Olympos Municipal unit of Dion Agios Spyridonas Dion Karitsa Kontariotissa Nea Efesos Vrontou Municipal unit of East Olympos Leptokarya Panteleimonas Platamon Poroi Skotina Municipal unit of Litochoro Litochoro

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