Sykies
Sign in to saveSykies () or Sykeai (Συκεαί) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit population is 35,545 (2021 census). Its land area is 7.982 km².
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Συκεών
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Sykies
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Συκιές
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Sykeon Zoom.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Thessaloniki
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Neapoli-Sykies
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.population
- 35545
- Greek Dimos.area
- 7.982
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Επταπύργιο - panoramio.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +37753
- Capital of
- Neapoli-Sykies Municipality
- Shares border with
- Agios Pavlos
- Official website
- www.sykies.gr
- Image
- Επταπύργιο - panoramio.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
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Sykies () or Sykeai (Συκεαί) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit population is 35,545 (2021 census). Its land area is 7.982 km².
==History== Sykies was mostly built after settling of refugees from Asia Minor in 1922. The refugees were mostly from Rodochori of Asia Minor. The new residents built a new church that dedicated to patron saints from their origin places.