Melissourgos Explained

Melissourgos
Name Local:Μελισσουργός
Type:community
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Thessaloniki
Municipality:Volvi
Municunit:Apollonia
Population:318
Area:22.908
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:40.5983°N 51.5°W
Postal Code:570 12
Area Code:+30-2393
Licence:NA to NX
Elevation:100

Melissourgos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μελισσουργός) is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Apollonia, of which it was a municipal district.[1] The 2021 census recorded 318 inhabitants in the village. The community of Melissourgos covers an area of 22.908 km2.[2]

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 160 Greek Christians and 136 Turks lived in the village in 1900.[3]

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  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. [Vasil Kanchov|Kanchov, Vasil]