Chortiatis
Sign in to saveChortiatis () is a suburb and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 Kallikratis local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylaia-Chortiatis, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies at 600 metres altitude on the slopes of the Mount Chortiatis, from which it takes its name. The municipal unit Chortiatis has an area of 109.934 km2, and the community Chortiatis has an area of 57.315 km2.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Chortiatis
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Χορτιάτης
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Chortiati.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Thessaloniki
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Pylaia-Chortiatis
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 17862
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 4515
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 109.934
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 57.315
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 475
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 570 xx
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 231
- Greek Dimos.licence
- Ν
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Hortiatis - panoramio.jpg
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Article
3 sectionsContents
- History of the area
- The Massacre of Chortiatis
- References
Chortiatis () is a suburb and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 Kallikratis local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylaia-Chortiatis, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies at 600 metres altitude on the slopes of the Mount Chortiatis, from which it takes its name. The municipal unit Chortiatis has an area of 109.934 km2, and the community Chortiatis has an area of 57.315 km2.
==History of the area== In antiquity, mountain and town were known as Cissus. Homer tells us that Cisseus was the king of this town. The town and its people are mentioned as members of the Delian League in the 5th century BC.