Madytos ( el, Μάδυτος) is a former municipality in the
Thessaloniki regional unit,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Volvi, of which it is a municipal unit.
Its population was 2,460 in 2011. The municipal unit has an area of 89.909 km
2.
The seat of the municipality was in
Nea Madytos
Nea Madytos ( el, Νέα Μάδυτος) is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Madytos, of which it was a municipal district and the seat. The 2011 censu ...
. The town takes its name from the ancient Greek city of
Madytus at the shore of Hellespont.
References
Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
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