Polygyros
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Polygyros (Greek: Πολύγυρος) is a town and municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is the capital of Chalkidiki.
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Polygyros is a human settlement in Greece, situated within the Polygyros Municipality and the Central Macedonia region. It serves as the capital of both the Polygyros Municipality and the Chalkidiki Prefecture. The town’s native label is Πολύγυρος, and its patron saint is Saint Nicholas.
The settlement has a population of 6,488 according to one source, while another lists the population as 10,000. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 426 meters in one dataset and 523 meters in another. The local postal code is 631 00, and the dialing code is 2371. The town is located in the Europe/Athens timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Πολύγυρος
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 10,000
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Polygyros
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πολύγυρος
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Polygyrou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Chalkidiki
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 21351
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 947.4
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 11382
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 470.9
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 7779
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 560
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 631 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 23710
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΚ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Polygyros from east.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Polygyros from east
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 6121
- Elevation
- 426
- Capital of
- Polygyros Municipality
- Official website
- www.polygyros.gr
- Image
- Polygyros 290404.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2371
- Patron saint
- Saint Nicholas
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- Commons category
- Polygyros
- topic's main category
- Category:Polygyros
- postal code
- 631 00
- native label
- Πολύγυρος
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Name
- Municipality
- History
- Antiquity
- Byzantine and Ottoman Era
- Modern Era
- Culture
- Sports
- Archaeological museum
- Historical population
- People
- See also
- References
- External links
Polygyros (Greek: Πολύγυρος) is a town and municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is the capital of Chalkidiki.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polygyros” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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