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Vaptistis
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Vaptistis ( "Baptist") is a village and a community in the municipality of Kilkis, Kilkis regional unit of Greece. In 2021 its population was 318 for the community, which includes the village Kyriakaiika. It is situated 9 km west of Kilkis, 17 km east of Polykastro and 42 km north of Thessaloniki. The village has a primary school, a high school, a stadium and three churches. The protector saint is St. John the Baptist, and the village is named after him. There are an athletic club "A.C. Doxa Vaptisti" and a cultural one "Politistikos Syllogos Vaptisti".
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Place details
- Locality
- Βαπτιστής
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 330
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- Population
- 330
- Elevation
- 120
- Dialing code
- 2341
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- postal code
- 611 00
- native label
- Βαπτιστής
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Vaptistis ( "Baptist") is a village and a community in the municipality of Kilkis, Kilkis regional unit of Greece. In 2021 its population was 318 for the community, which includes the village Kyriakaiika. It is situated 9 km west of Kilkis, 17 km east of Polykastro and 42 km north of Thessaloniki. The village has a primary school, a high school, a stadium and three churches. The protector saint is St. John the Baptist, and the village is named after him. There are an athletic club "A.C. Doxa Vaptisti" and a cultural one "Politistikos Syllogos Vaptisti".
==Name== During the Ottoman period, the village was known as Haydarlı ().
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