Palema () is a rural locality (a selo) in Pokrovskoye Rural Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 40 as of 2002.Данные переписи 2002 года: таблица 2С. М.: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, 2004.

Geography Palema is located 45 km southeast of Veliky Ustyug (the district's administrative centre) by road. Korolyovo is the nearest rural locality.Расстояние от Палемы до Великого Устюга

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