Peraia ( el, Περαία) is a suburb of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

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. It is part of the municipality Thermaikos. Peraia is located on the south coast of the

Thermaic Gulf The Thermaic Gulf (), also called the Gulf of Salonika and the Macedonian Gulf, is a gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pieria Imathia and Lariss ...

, 15 km south of Thessaloniki city centre and 4 km west of

Thessaloniki International Airport Thessaloniki Airport , officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία", Kratikós Aeroliménas Thessaloníkis "Makedonía") and formerly Mikra Airport, is ...

History

As is the case for the two other communities in the municipal unit of Thermaikos, Agia Triada and

Neoi Epivates Neoi Epivates () is a small suburban town outside Thessaloniki, next to Peraia. It is part of the municipality of Thermaikos Thermaikos ( el, Θερμαϊκός) is a suburban municipality of the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. It consists ...

, the origin of settlement in Peraia was the arrival of 740 refugees from

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

and

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in 1923, as a result of the

Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) There have been several Greco-Turkish Wars: * Greek War of Independence (1821–1830), against the Ottoman Empire *Undeclared war in 1854 during the Crimean War, with Greek irregulars invading Ottoman Epirus (Epirus Revolt of 1854) and Thessaly * Fi ...

. Today Peraia, together with the other suburbs of Thermaikos, forms one of the most rapidly developing suburbs of

, with many people choosing to move there; but infrastructure is hardly keeping pace, with many roads remaining unopened or inadequate for today's needs. Although developments have been made in creating a pedestrianised beachfront and creating new open spaces.

References

{{Thermaikos div Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Populated coastal places in Greece