Stylida (Greek: Στυλίδα; older Στυλίς, Stylis) is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. The population of the municipality was 11,389 (2021).
History
First mention of the town of Stylida was during ancient times when the town was named Phalara (Ancient Greek: Φάλαρα). The town has many ancient buildings and artifacts, such as the wall near the church of Agia Ekaterini, the tombs located near Karkali street and a mosaic under the Eleftheriou Venizelou street.
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:[3]
The municipality has an area of 463.863 km2, the municipal unit 202.477 km2.[4]
Geography
The port town Stylida is situated on the northern shore of the Malian Gulf, and at the southern foot of Mount Othrys, It is 17 km east of Lamia, the capital of Phthiotis.
Climate
Preliminary data from the station of the National Observatory of Athens indicate that the past few years Stylida has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh). Beck et.al (2023) also suggests that marginal nearby coastal areas of Phthiotis fall within this climate for the 1991-2020 period. [5] Stylida has mild winters and very hot summers. During the summer, the frequent Meltemi winds that blow in Greece may provide a strong Foehn 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.
^ 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), .
