Kolindros () is a town and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, in

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality

Pydna-Kolindros Pydna–Kolindros (, ''Pýdna-Kolindrós'') is a municipality in the Pieria (regional unit), Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aiginio. The municipality has an area of 339.525 km2. Municipa ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 124.639 km², the community 47.856 km². In 2021, the municipal unit had a population of 2,914 residents. The community of Kolindros, consisting of the settlement of Kolindros and that of Paliampela, has a population of 2,255 residents.

Notable people

George Zorbas Georgios Zorbas (; 1865 September 16, 1941) was a Greek miner upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his 1946 novel ''Zorba the Greek''. Biography Georgios Zorbas was born in 1865 at Katafygio village in Pieria Moun ...

International relations

Kolindros is a member of the ''Charter of European Rural Communities'', a

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association across the

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, alongside with: * Bienvenida, Spain * Bièvre, Belgium *

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References

Populated places in Pieria (regional unit) Pydna-Kolindros {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub

Notable people

International relations

See also

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