Michalitsi (, old name: Michalovo) is a village in the
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 ...
region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia.
Michalitsi is located south of
Dojran Lake, between the villages Soultogianneika (NW), Megali Sterna (NE), Iliolousto (SE) and Valtoudi (in
Paionia
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The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, are obscure, but it is known that it roughly corresponds to m ...
) (N). It is 25.5 km NW of the city of Kilkis (via Cherso) and 71 km NW of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...
.
From the period of Turkish rule , but several years later, the area around the village was a manor of Soultogianni brothers and indicated with the name Michalovo . In 1927 it was renamed Michalitsi. As a settlement it is included in the censuses from 1981 part of the then community of Megali Sterna.
As per the
Kallikratis plan
The Kallikratis Programme () is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform.
...
, this village, together with
Soultogianneika
Soultogiannaika (, old name: Kalinovo / Kalinova) is a village in the Kilkis region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia. It is located 4 km to t ...
and
Megali Sterna
Megali Sterna (, old name: Cugunci / Tsigountsa) is a village in the Kilkis region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia.
Geography
The village is l ...
, constitute the local community of Megali Sterna, which belongs to the municipal unit of Cherso in the municipality of Kilkis. Michalitsi has a population of 14 permanent residents according to the 2021 census.
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References
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Populated places in Kilkis (regional unit)
Kilkis