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Echedoros

Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°49′E / 40.667°N 22.817°E / 40.667; 22.817
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Echedoros
Εχέδωρος
Echedoros is located in Greece
Echedoros
Echedoros
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°49′E / 40.667°N 22.817°E / 40.667; 22.817
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitThessaloniki
MunicipalityDelta
Area
 • Municipal unit103.147 km2 (39.825 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
29,996
 • Municipal unit density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
570 08, 574 00, 575 00
Area code(s)+30-231
Vehicle registrationNA to NX

Echedoros (Greek: Εχέδωρος) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality was in Sindos. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The 2021 census recorded 29,996 inhabitants in the municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit of Echedoros covers an area of 103.147 km2.[3] In antiquity Echedorus was a river rising in the mountains of Grestonia and falling into the Thermaic Gulf at Sindus.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.