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and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Lagkadas Lagkadas (, ) is a town and municipality in the northeast part of Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. There are 37,022 residents in the municipality and 8,447 of them live in the community of Lagkadas (2021). Lagkadas is located northeast of Thess ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2021 census recorded 279 people in the community and 1,644 people in the municipal unit of Vertiskos. The community of Vertiskos covers an area of 46.629 km² while the respective municipal unit covers an area of 196.613 km².

Administrative division

The municipal unit of Vertiskos comprises four communities: * Exalofos * Lofiskos * Ossa * Vertiskos The community of Vertiskos consists of two separate settlements: * Chorouda *Vertiskos

Name and history

The name of the municipality Vertiskos came from the village Vertiskos, which means "The green" in Latin. The old name of Vertiskos was "Berva". The village Vertiskos was built in the end of the 1600. The people in Vertiskos speak Greek only, and they have retained some of their traditional customs. The village Vertiskos in the 1900s was a developed society. They had their own electricity and manufacturing. Vertiskos workers organized a trade union in the early 1900s which was unique among the Balkan region. This union together with other cultural organisations in Vertiskos organised cultural and political activities. After the civil war in Greece, the village disintegrated. Today Vertiskos has only about 100 permanent residents. The summer school for classical music which existed for many years is closed today and has been replaced by a series of seminars about the environment for students and teachers.

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Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Lagkadas {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub

Administrative division

Name and history

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