Kolindros Explained

Kolindros
Name Local:	Κολινδρός
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Central Macedonia
Periphunit:	Pieria
Pop Municunit:	2914
Population As Of:	2021
Area Municunit:	124.639
Pop Community:	2255
Area Community:	47.856
Elevation:	280
Coordinates:	40.4833°N 51°W
Licence:	KN

Kolindros (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κολινδρός) is a town and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, in Central Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Pydna-Kolindros, of which it is a municipal unit.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 124.639 km², the community 47.856 km².^[2] In 2021, the municipal unit had a population of 2,914 residents. The community of Kolindros, consisting of the settlement of Kolindros and that of Paliampela, has a population of 2,255 residents.

Notable people

• George Zorbas

International relations

See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece.

Kolindros is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:^[3]

• Bienvenida, Spain
• Bièvre, Belgium
• Bucine, Italy
• Cashel, Ireland
• Cissé, France
• Desborough, England, United Kingdom
• Esch (Haaren), Netherlands
• Hepstedt, Germany
• Ibănești, Romania
• Kandava, Latvia
• Kannus, Finland
• Lassee, Austria
• Medzev, Slovakia
• Moravče, Slovenia
• Næstved, Denmark
• Nagycenk, Hungary
• Nadur, Malta
• Ockelbo, Sweden
• Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
• Põlva, Estonia
• Samuel (Soure), Portugal
• Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
• Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
• Strzyżów, Poland
• Tisno, Croatia
• Troisvierges, Luxembourg
• Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania

See also

• Costas Kilias

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: Charter members. europeancharter.eu. Charter of European Rural Communities. 2020-01-10.