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]