Echedoros Explained

Echedoros
Name Local:	Εχέδωρος
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Central Macedonia
Periphunit:	Thessaloniki
Population:	29996
Area:	103.147
Population As Of:	2021
Coordinates:	40.6667°N 71°W
Postal Code:	570 08, 574 00, 575 00
Area Code:	+30-231
Licence:	NA to NX

Echedoros (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Εχέδωρος) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality was in Sindos. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1]

Demographics

The 2021 census recorded 29,996 inhabitants in the municipal unit. The municipal unit of Echedoros covers an area of 103.147 km².^[2]

History

In antiquity Echedorus was a river rising in the mountains of Grestonia and falling into the Thermaic Gulf at Sindus.

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .