Gallikos Explained

Gallikos
Name Local:Γαλλικός
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Kilkis
Pop Municunit:4906
Area Municunit:149.1
Pop Community:794
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:40.8667°N 75°W
Postal Code:611 00
Area Code:23410
Licence:NI, ΚΙ*
Website:gallikos.gr

Gallikos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γαλλικός) is a village and a former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 149.054 km2.[2] Population 6,343 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in the village of Kampanis.

The municipality Gallikos was created after 13 small villages in the area south of the city of Kilkis merged in the late 1990s when the Greek government implemented its Kapodistrias[3] project to fuse - and thus limit the number of - local authorities in the country.

Subdivisions

The following villages are part of the municipal unit:

Villages of Gallikos Municipality
CommunityVillagePopulation (2021)
57
Fanari48
135
115
112
794
977
22
385
1,235
347
655
24

Transport

The village is served by Gallikos railway station on the Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli line.[4]

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 .
  3. Web site: Το Πρόγραμμα "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας" . www.ypes.gr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000301025834/http://www.ypes.gr/Kapodistrias/index.html . 2000-03-01.
  4. Web site: OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes . 2021-03-04 . 2020-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200611132834/https://www.ose.gr/en/o-s-e/network?download=78:network-statement-2017-2-2 . dead .