Stylida (; older Στυλίς, Stylis) is a town and a municipality in

Phthiotis Phthiotis (, ''Fthiótida'' ; ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Φθιῶτις) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. The capital is the city of La ...

, Greece. The population of the municipality was 11,389 (2021). In ancient times the town was named Phalara ().

Municipality

The municipality Stylida was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Echinaioi * Pelasgia *Stylida The municipality has an area of 463.863 km², the municipal unit 202.477 km².

Geography

The port town Stylida is situated on the northern shore of the

Malian Gulf The Malian or Maliac Gulf () is a gulf in the western Aegean Sea. It forms part of the coastline of Greece's region of Phthiotis. The gulf stretches east to west to a distance of , depending on the definition, and is very shallow, with a maximum ...

, and at the southern foot of

Mount Othrys Mount Othrys ( – ''oros Othrys'', also Όθρη – ''Othri'') is a mountain range of central Greece, in the northeastern part of Phthiotis and southern part of Magnesia. Its highest summit, ''Gerakovouni'', situated on the border of Phthiotis ...

, It is 17 km east of

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, the capital of

Climate

Preliminary data from the station of the

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indicate that the past few years Stylida has a

hot semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of sem ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

: ''BSh''). Beck et.al (2023) also suggests that marginal nearby coastal areas of

fall within this climate for the 1991-2020 period. Beck, H., McVicar, T. R., Vergopolan, N., Berg, A., Lutsko, N. J., Dufour, A., . . . Hydro-Climate Extremes Lab, G. U. (2023). High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections. Scientific Data, 10(1), . Stylida has mild winters and very hot summers. During the summer, the frequent Meltemi winds that blow in

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may provide a strong

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effect in the area which is in the lea side of mountains of the central mainland. Most precipitation falls in autumn and during the winter.

Twin towns

* Amelia,

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, since 2002

References

External links

Municipality of Stylida
Municipalities of Central Greece Populated places in Phthiotis {{CentralGreece-geo-stub