Nea Moudania (, ''Néa Moudaniá''; often referred to as Moudania (Μουδανιά, ''Moudaniá''), the name of the municipal unit to which the town belongs, is the seat of the municipality of

Nea Propontida Nea Propontida (, "New Propontis") is a municipality in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsul ...

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. The town is 60 km south of

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and is the financial and commercial center of Chalkidiki, as well as its most populous town. It was built after 1922 by Greek refugees from

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who wanted to give the settlement the name of their hometown (now

Mudanya Mudanya (also: Mudania; , ''ta Moudaniá''; the site of ancient Apamea Myrlea) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 369 km2, and its population is 108,011 (2022). It is located on the Gulf ...

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), hence the addition of the word ''nea'', which means ''new'' in

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. Nea Moudania hosts the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology of the

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki The Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (), was a higher education public institute, part of the Greek tertiary education system, specialized on science. As of 2017, there was a student population of 30,000 registered st ...

. The town's harbor serves as Thessaloniki's adjuvant.

Sports

POM (Panathletic Association of Moudania) is the only

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

in Nea Moudania, whose football team play in the

Delta Ethniki Delta Ethniki () was the fourth level of Greek football championship. During the period of its existence, it was the lowest national division of the Greek championship. It was founded in the 1982–83 season and abolished in the 2012–13 season, ...

, while the volleyball team play in the

A2 Ethniki Volleyball A2 Ethniki Volleyball or Greek A2 Volleyball League is the third-tier of the Greek volleyball championship system in Greece. It used to be the second-tier until the founding of the Pre-league tier replacing A2 as the second tier making A2 the third ...

Historical population

Gallery

File:Nea Moudania-001.JPG, Beach File:Typisch Nea Moudania.jpg, Street File:Der Hafen von Nea Moudania.jpg, The port File:Рыбаки на закате в Неа Муданья - panoramio.jpg, View File:Церковь Св. Георгия - panoramio.jpg, A church

References

External links

Νέα Μουδανιά blog

Νέα Μουδανιά agora

"Nea Moudania Greece Shopping Center Chalkidiki Greece"KTEL Bus service routes to/from Nea Moudania
Populated places in Chalkidiki Nea Propontida {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub

Sports

Historical population

See also

Gallery

References

External links