page_title: Ptolemaida
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ptolemaida / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Greece - Ptolemaida Train Station (winter 1990)
context_page_description: Ptolemaida, is a town and a former municipality in Kozani regional 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. It is known for its coal mines and its power stations.
context_section_description: The city lies in the valley of Eordaia, between the Askio mountains to the southwest and the Vermio mountains to the northeast. It is located north of Kozani, east of Kastoria, south of Florina, and south-west of Edessa. The municipal unit has an area of 217.901 km², the community (the city proper) has an area of 57.508 km². Motorway 27 (Kozani-Florina, part of E65) passes east of the city. Ptolemaida was the seat of the former province of Eordaia.
caption: Train station
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