Echedoros (Greek: Εχέδωρος) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality was in Sindos. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The 2021 census recorded 29,996 inhabitants in the municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit of Echedoros covers an area of 103.147 km2.[3] In antiquity Echedorus was a river rising in the mountains of Grestonia and falling into the Thermaic Gulf at Sindus.
Echedoros
Εχέδωρος | |
|---|---|
  Echedoros Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°49′E / 40.667°N 22.817°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Thessaloniki |
| Municipality | Delta |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 103.147 km2 (39.825 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 29,996 |
| • Municipal unit density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 570 08, 574 00, 575 00 |
| Area code(s) | 30-231 |
| Vehicle registration | NA to NX |
References
edit- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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