Oraiokastro (, also Oreokastro) is a municipality in the
Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece, and a suburb 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 ...
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Municipality
The municipality Oraiokastro was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
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Kallithea
Kallithea (Greek language, Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a suburb in Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens agglomeration and a municipality in South Athens (regional unit), south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth larges ...
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Mygdonia
Mygdonia (; ) was an ancient territory, part of ancient Thrace, later conquered by Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon, which comprised the plains around Therma (Thessalonica) together with the valleys of Klisali and Besikia, including the ar ...
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The municipality has an area of 217.855 km
2 and the municipal unit Oreokastro which is located 11 km north of Thessaloniki. has an area of 21.855 km
2.
The municipality has a population of 40,004 inhabitants according to the October 2021 census.
Religious buildings
The Temple of the
Hellenic Gods (Ελλήνων Ναός), a
Hellenic temple, is located in Oraiokastro.
[Γιώργος Λαμπίρης/Giórgos Lampíris]
"Μύθοι και αλήθειες για την ελληνική Ομάδα Ε (Myths and Truths about the Greek Group E)"
newsbeast.gr, 1 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2017
References
Municipalities of Central Macedonia
Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
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