Kallikrateia Explained

Kallikrateia
Name Local:Καλλικράτεια
Type:municipal unit
Caption Skyline:View of Nea Kallikrateia
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Chalkidiki
Pop Municunit:10144
Pop Community:6128
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:108.9
Elevation:20
Coordinates:40.3167°N 27°W
Postal Code:63080
Area Code:2399
Licence:ΧΚ
Website:http://www.kallikrateia.gr

Kallikrateia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Καλλικράτεια) is a municipal unit in Chalkidiki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Nea Propontida, before which it was a municipality with its seat in the town Nea Kallikrateia.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 108.894 km2.[2] According to the census of 2021, the municipal unit has a population of 10,144 people while the town itself has 6,128 inhabitants, third largest in Chalkidiki.

History

Nea Kallikrateia was established after the refugee crisis in 1922, mainly by the residents who came from Kallikrateia (today Mimarsinan, a neighbourhood of Büyükçekmece) in Eastern Thrace and set up in the area, where the metochi of the Xenophontos Monastery of Mount Athos existed and it was called “Stomion”. Many testimonies report that it was inhabited by the prehistoric years; however, they are not confirmed. Further, Christian refugees from Silata (today Sille, Konya) established the village of Nea Silata.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Kallikrateia consists of the communities of Agios Pavlos, Lakkoma, Nea Gonia, Nea Kallikrateia and Nea Silata.

External links

Kallikrateia.gr, a news portal based in Nea Kallikrateia: http://www.kallikrateia.gr/

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EETAA local government changes . 29 June 2020.
  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 .