Korinos
Korinos (Greek: Κορινός) is a town and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Katerini, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 70.909 km2, the community 30.726 km2. Korinos has approximately 4,500 residents and it is located 5 km northeast of the city of Katerini (Κατερίνη), the capital of Pieria. Motorway 1 (Athens - Thessaloniki) is situated to the west. Korinos is famous for its beaches -lying to its east- and hotels in the area, which make the village an ideal place for tourism.
Korinos
Κορινός | |
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Municipal unit | |
Korinos Location within the regional unit | |
| Coordinates: 40°19′N 22°35′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Pieria |
| Municipality | Katerini |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 70.909 km2 (27.378 sq mi) |
| • Community | 30.726 km2 (11.863 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Municipal unit | 4,488 |
| • Municipal unit density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Community | 3,153 |
| • Community density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 600 62 |
| Area code(s) | 23510 |
| Vehicle registration | KN |
Additionally, Korinos has a public library since 2006.
Korinos became famous in Greece, after an economic scandal (during 2000) concerning the distribution of building grounds from Korinos' municipality to the villagers.
In Fascist Italy, rumours that the people of Korinos had "supernatural faculties" were taken seriously by some Italian racial theorists, who believed the town's inhabitants had successfully predicted the Italo-Ethiopian War.