Velventos 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
Servia-Velventos, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies at the foot of the
Pierian Mountains, 33 km northeast of the city of
Kozani. It is located near the
artificial lake of
Polyfyto. The 2011 census recorded 3,360 people in the village of Velventos, 3,399 in the municipal community and 3,448 in the municipal unit. Velventos is connected with the
GR-3/
E65 (
Athens -
Lamia -
Larissa - Kozani -
Niki) and is located southwest of
Veria, north-northwest of
Servia and
Larissa, east-northeast of
Grevena and south-southeast of
Kozani.
