Volvi (municipality)
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Volvi ( el, Βόλβη, ''Vólvi'') is a municipality in the
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 ...
regional unit,
Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a populat ...
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. The seat of the municipality is the town Stavros. The municipality has an area of 783.014 km2. It was named after
Lake Volvi Lake Volvi ( el, Λίμνη Βόλβη - ''Límni Vólvi'') is located at the root of the Chalkidiki peninsula, in the Thessaloniki regional unit of Greece. It is the second largest lake in the country at length and width. The area is 68 k ...
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Municipality

The municipality Volvi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Agios Georgios * Apollonia *
Arethousa Arethousa ( el, Αρέθουσα) is a village and a community and a municipal unit of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipal unit of Arethousa was an independent municipality. The 2011 census ...
* Egnatia *
Madytos Madytos ( el, Μάδυτος) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volvi, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 2,460 in 2011. The ...
* Rentina


References

Municipalities of Central Macedonia Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub