Kalamoto () is a village of the

Lagkadas Lagkadas (, ) is a town and municipality in the northeast part of Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. There are 37,022 residents in the municipality and 8,447 of them live in the community of Lagkadas (2021). Lagkadas is located northeast of Thess ...

municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of

Kallindoia Kallindoia () is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2021 census recorded 2,980 inhabitants in the m ...

. The 2021 census recorded 398 inhabitants in the village. Kalamoto is a part of the community of Nea Kallindoia. The village was founded in the 1960s as the surrounding swamp was drained to provide more farmland. Inhabitants of Aggelochori were relocated to Kalamoto as the new village had access to running water. Kalamoto later gained a power supply in 1970. The inhabitants of Aggelochori mainly descended from Greek refugees from the population exchange with

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in 1923 who lived in a village called Aggelochori (modern day Findikli, Gelibolu) on the

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

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