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Polichni

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Also known as Kara-Isin

Polichni (, literally Little town) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas, of which it is a municipal unit. The population is 38,887 (2021 census), and it has a land area of 7.325 km2.

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Place details

Locality
Δημοτική Ενότητα Πολίχνης
Region
Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
Country
Ελλάς
Population
38,887
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Polichni
Greek Dimos.name_local
Πολίχνη
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Polichnis Zoom.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
Central Macedonia
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Thessaloniki
Greek Dimos.municipality
Pavlos Melas
Greek Dimos.population
38887
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area
7.325
Greek Dimos.image_skyline
Panoramic View of Thessaloniki - panoramio.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
View to Thessaloniki with Polichni in the foreground.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Greece
Population
38887
Elevation
90
Shares border with
Efkarpia
Dialing code
231
Patron saint
Pantaleon
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postal code
565 33
native label
Πολίχνη
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Polichni (, literally Little town) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pavlos Melas, of which it is a municipal unit. The population is 38,887 (2021 census), and it has a land area of 7.325 km2.

The Polichni district includes the areas of: Anthokipoi (Gardens) Ano Polichni (Upper Polichni) Meteora Neromiloi (Water Mills) St Panteleimon

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polichni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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