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A24 Motorway (Greece)
The A24 motorway is a partial controlled-access highway and limited-access road in northern Greece. The A24 runs from Thessaloniki to Nea Moudania,Ministerial Decision DOY/oik/5776/2015 (FEK AAP' 253/21.12.2015, pp. 2098–2099). starting as a short motorway spur from the A2 Egnatia Odos motorway to the junction with the Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road at the neighbourhood of |
Efkarpia
Efkarpia () is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki (regional unit), regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas (municipality), Pavlos Melas, of which it is a municipal unit. It has a population of 15,416 (2021) and the area of the municipal unit is 13.263 km2. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polichni
Polichni (, literally ''Little town'') is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas, of which it is a municipal unit. The population is 38,887 (2021 census), and it has a land area of 7.325 km2. The Polichni district includes the areas of: :Anthokipoi (Gardens) :Ano Polichni (Upper Polichni) :Meteora :Neromiloi (Water Mills) :St Panteleimon The central square of Polichni is named after the Saint Panteleimon church. External linksOfficial website References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Pavlos Melas (municipality) {{CentralMac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epanomi
Epanomi () is a town and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Thermaikos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located away from the city center of Thessaloniki. The municipal unit includes the village of Mesimeri, with a combined population of 9,910 (2021). The municipal unit Epanomi has an area of , and the community Epanomi has an area of . Epanomi has a long, historic path as it is the second oldest establishment in Macedonia (Greece) after Angelochori (as archaeologist Theocharis Pazaras indicated with his work) since the area of Epanomi has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 2.300 Greek Christians lived in the village in 1900. Kanchov, Vasil, , Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 1. Written as "Апанами". (in Bulgarian) The town circulates its economy on tourism and farming, as it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikra, Thessaloniki
Mikra (, ''Míkra'') is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thermi Thermi () is a Southeastern suburb and a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Its population was 55,358 at the 2021 census. It is located over the site of ancient Therma. Municipality The municipality Thermi ..., of which it is a municipal unit. Population 17,150 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Trilofo. The municipal unit has an area of 80.827 km2. References External linksMunicipality of Mikra Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Thermi {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki International Airport
Thessaloniki Airport , officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" () and formerly Mikra Airport, is an international airport serving Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. It is located southeast of the city, in Thermi. The airport is the third-largest airport in the country after Athens International Airport and Heraklion International Airport. It opened in 1930 and was the second-busiest airport in Greece in terms of flights served and the third-busiest in terms of passengers served in 2016, with over 6 million passengers. It is the main airport of Northern Greece and apart from the city of Thessaloniki it also serves the popular tourist destination of Chalkidiki and the surrounding cities of Macedonia. The AthensThessaloniki route is the tenth busiest in the EU with 1.8 million passengers. To cope with demand, a second terminal was constructed in conjunction with Fraport and formally opened in 2021. History The airport was first established as an airfield dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thermi
Thermi () is a Southeastern suburb and a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Its population was 55,358 at the 2021 census. It is located over the site of ancient Therma. Municipality The municipality Thermi was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Mikra *Thermi * Nea Raidestos * Vasilika The municipality Thermi has an area of 382.106 km2, the municipal unit Thermi has an area of 100.943 km2, and the community Thermi has an area of 55.90 km2. Education Pinewood - The American International School is located in Thermi. . |
American Farm School
The American Farm School (Greek: Αμερικανική Γεωργική Σχολή) is an independent, nonprofit educational institution located in Thessaloniki, Greece. The school was founded in 1904 by American missionary John Henry House to serve the rural population of Greece and the Balkans. The current major educational divisions include the Secondary School, Perrotis College (Κολλέγιο Περρωτής), the Primary School Program, the department of Adult Education & Research and the Greek Summer program. The school's mission is "to educate men and women, especially those from Greece and the Balkans, to become professionally accomplished in the latest aspects of agriculture and the life sciences." History John Henry House with his wife, Susan Adeline Beers House, founded the American Farm School in 1904, on of barren land near Salonika, Ottoman Empire, now Thessaloniki in Greece. The couple had been missionaries in the Balkan region for 30 years. The school was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panorama, Thessaloniki
Panorama () is a suburb in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylaia-Chortiatis, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Panorama is located at the foot of Mount Chortiatis. The municipal unit has an area of 21.321 km2. Historical population See also *List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece: * Adam * Adendro * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Triada * Agios Antonios * Agios Athanasios * Agios Charalambos * Agios Pavlos * Agios Vasileios * Akropotamos * Ampelokipoi ... References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Pylaia-Chortiatis {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pylaia
Pylaia () is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the Thessaloniki (regional unit), regional unit of Thessaloniki (without boundary changes), and Pylaia became a part of the new municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia continues under its old boundaries as a municipal unit within Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia covers 24.379 km2 with 4.5 km of coastline extending along the shores of the Thermaic Gulf and had a population of 36,843 at the 2021 census. Pylaia is relatively sparsely populated for a municipal unit within the Thessaloniki Urban Area. History The first reference to Pylaia is found in the historian Thucydides, in 319 BC, under the name Strepsa. It was later known as Kapoutzida, from the Turkish language, Turkish word ''kapıcı'' ("gatekeeper"), deriving from the guards watching over the city walls of Byzantine Thessaloniki. The current name came into general use in 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
