Chalastra
Sign in to saveChalastra () is a town and former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Before 1926, it was known as Κουλουκιά - Kouloukia ( - Kulakiya). It was renamed to Chalastra in 1926, to Πύργος - Pyrgos in 1955 and back to Chalastra in 1980. Since the local government reform of 2011 it has been part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit. The town is located 20 km west from the city of Thessaloniki, on the north side of Greek National Road 1, near the Axios river and the Thermaic Gulf. The municipal unit of Chalastra consists of the two communities of Chalastr
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Χαλάστρας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Chalastra
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Χαλάστρα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Chalastras.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Thessaloniki
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Delta
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 9066
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 6657
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 121.415
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 98.449
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Χαλάστρα
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +7270
- Elevation
- +5
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Chalastra () is a town and former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Before 1926, it was known as Κουλουκιά - Kouloukia ( - Kulakiya). It was renamed to Chalastra in 1926, to Πύργος - Pyrgos in 1955 and back to Chalastra in 1980. Since the local government reform of 2011 it has been part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit. The town is located 20 km west from the city of Thessaloniki, on the north side of Greek National Road 1, near the Axios river and the Thermaic Gulf. The municipal unit of Chalastra consists of the two communities of Chalastra itself and Anatoliko. The population was 9,066 inhabitants according to the 2021 census, most of them working in agriculture and small industry. The municipal unit Chalastra has an area of 121.415 km2, and the community Chalastra has an area of 98.449 km2.
==History== thumb|left|160px|A Bulgarian woman from Chalastra/Kulakia (left) by Raphäel Jacquemin, 19th century thumb|160px|The Kulakia Gospel, a Bible written in the native Slavic dialect of Chalastra in 1863 with the Greek alphabet. On the title page there is also inscription "written in Bulgarian language".