Gallikos () is a village and a former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit,

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

Kilkis Kilkis () is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2021 there were 24,130 people living in the city proper, 27,493 people living in the municipal unit, and 45,308 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional un ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.054 km². Population 6,343 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in the village of

Kampanis Kampanis (, Karadja Kadar) is a village south of the city of Kilkis in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Gallikos Gallikos () is a village and a former municipality in the Kilkis (regional unit), Kilkis regi ...

. The municipality Gallikos was created after 13 small villages in the area south of the city of

merged in the late 1990s when the Greek government implemented its

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project to fuse - and thus limit the number of - local authorities in the country.

Subdivisions

The following villages are part of the municipal unit:

Transport

The village is served by

Gallikos railway station Gallikos railway station () is a railway station that servers the community of Gallikos, in Kilkis in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located just east of the settlement but still within the settlement limits. The station (as o ...

on the Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli line.

References

Populated places in Kilkis (regional unit) Kilkis {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub bg:Галик (дем)