Triandria Explained

Triandria
Name Local:Τριανδρία
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Thessaloniki
Pop Municunit:9428
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:1.475
Elevation:80
Coordinates:40.6233°N 80.2°W
Postal Code:553 37
Area Code:2310
Licence:Ν
Website:www.triandria.gr
Caption Skyline:Eleftherias street

Triandria (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τριανδρία) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thessaloniki, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 1.475 km2.[2] It is located east of Thessaloniki's city centre at an average elevation of .[2] It borders on the Thessaloniki districts of Saranta Ekklisies to the northwest and of Ano Toumpa to the southeast. Motorway 25, which forms the eastern beltway of Thessaloniki, passes east of Triandria. The suburb (borough) is named after the World War I-era "Triumvirate of National Defence" (Τριανδρία της Εθνικής Αμύνης), comprising the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, together with Admiral Pavlos Koundouriotis and General Panagiotis Danglis.

Triandria has four elementary schools, two gymnasiums and a lyceum. There is also a church of Agios Spyridonas, the biggest in honor of the Saint outside the island of Corfu where he is considered a patron saint.

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Historical population

Year Population
1991 11,822
2001 11,289
2011 9,986
2021 9,428

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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.