Karyochori is a village in northern Greece

Greece

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. Karyochori is part of the municipal unit of Agia Paraskevi

Agia Paraskevi, Kozani

Agia Paraskevi is a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Eordaia, of which it is a municipal unit. The population in 2001 was 1,977. The seat of the municipality was in Agios Christoforos....

 in the Kozani peripheral unit. Karyochori is built in a valley at the elevation of 710 m above sea level

Sea level

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. The name of the village during the Ottoman Rule

Ottoman Empire

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 was Kouzloukio and was renamed into Greek as Karyochori since 1928. The origin of the old name of Kouzloukio comes from the Turkish word kaz

Kaz

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? meaning walnut

Walnut

Juglans is a plant genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are known as walnuts. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall , with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts , but not the hickories...

. From this name, Karyochori has a lot of walnut trees. Karyochori comes from the word καρυά and χωριό (village) which means the village of walnuts.

Karyochori is connected with a road linking to Agia Paraskevi as well as Ptolemaida

Ptolemaida

Ptolemaida is a town and a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Eordaia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...

 and GR-3

Greek National Road 3

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/E65

European route E65

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. Karyochori is located S of Florina

Florina

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, SW of Edessa

Edessa, Greece

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, nearly W of Ptolemaida and N of Kozani

Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley...

.

Geography and Information

• Postal code: 502 00
• Elevation:
  • Lowest: eastern part
  • Centre: 710 m
  • Highest: mountain area
• Dialing code: +11+30-24630 (030-24630)

Farmlands and forests along with grasslands cover much of the valley area of Karyochori. The mountains surround Karyochori. Forests and groves covers the rest of Karyochori especially along the valley. Mountains covers the rest of Karyochori. Walnuts is one of the main production. Other than walnuts comes brown coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

that is founded in the mountains around Karyochori.

In the mid to late 20th century, Karyochori became connected with pavement.

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	678
1991	634

External links

• http://www.kozani.gr/Nomos/DHMOI/s_AgParaskevis.html
• http://www.kozani.net/a/dimoi/agiaparaskevi/