Skydra ( el, Σκύδρα, in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - ''Vertekop'', Slavic: Вртикоп, ''Vrtikop'') is a municipality in the

Pella Pella ( el, Πέλλα) is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is best-known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great. On site of the ancient cit ...

regional unit of Macedonia in

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Municipality

The municipality Skydra was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

units: *

Meniida Meniida ( el, Μενηίδα) is a former municipality in the Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Skydra, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 118.562&nbs ...

*Skydra The municipality has an area of 239.525 km², the municipal unit 120.963 km².

Municipal unit of Skydra

Division of the municipal unit Skidra with total population 15,613 (2011). The 11 communities of Skydra are: Vartokop

History

In Skydra there is an ancient settlement in Mandalo. The foundations of a monumental building that probably was a temple of

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have been uncovered.Pella museum, Skydra
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Oral History

Ioannis Chrissochoidis on Pontian Greeks settling in Skydra (1919-1940).

Historical Population

Sporting teams

The town hosts two football clubs: * Aetos Skydra F.C., plays in the Greek Football League 2 * Nea Genia Skydras, plays in the fifth Division of Greece (amateur league of the Pella Football Clubs Association). In addition, Skydra has a volleyball team, Aristotelis Skydras V.C., which recently was promoted at the A2 Volleyball League.

Notable people

Efthymis Koulouris Efthymis Koulouris ( el, Ευθύμης Κουλούρης, born 6 March 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and the Greece national team. Koulouris began his career with PAOK, and ...

Olga Strantzali Olga Strantzali ( gr, Όλγα Στράντζαλη; born January 12, 1996) is a female professional volleyball player from Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is sit ...

References

{{Skydra div Populated places in Pella (regional unit) Bottiaea Municipalities of Central Macedonia