Eleftherio-Kordelio (, ''Elefthério-Kordelió'') is a suburb of the

Thessaloniki Urban Area The Thessaloniki metropolitan area or larger urban zone (LUZ) is the complete area covered and directly influenced by Thessaloniki. The metropolitan area traditionally consisted of the municipality of Thessaloniki and its immediate surroundings, w ...

and a former municipality of the regional unit of Thessaloniki,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Kordelio-Evosmos Kordelio–Evosmos (, ''Kordelió-Évosmos'') is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Evosmos. The municipality has an area of 13.358&nbs ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It gained its present form in 1982, after the union of the then municipalities of ''Eleftheria'' and ''Neo Kordelio''. They were formed in 1924 by Greek refugees from the town of Kordelio on the west coast of

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. In the

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the region and the small village that stood in the same area was known as . Eleftherio-Kordelio covers an area of 3.431 km² with 26,131 inhabitants in 2021. In this region is located the Railway Museum of Thessaloniki.

External links

Official Website of the Municipality

References

Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Kordelio-Evosmos {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub