Oraiokastro

Oraiokastro (Greek: Ωραιόκαστρο, also Oreokastro) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece and a suburb of Thessaloniki.

Oraiokastro
Ωραιόκαστρο
Municipality
Oraiokastro is located in Greece
Oraiokastro
Oraiokastro
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°44′N 22°55′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitThessaloniki
Area
 • Municipality217.86 km2 (84.12 sq mi)
 • Municipal unit21.855 km2 (8.438 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipality40,004
 • Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
23,626
 • Municipal unit density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Municipality

The municipality Oraiokastro was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

  • Kallithea
  • Mygdonia
  • Oraiokastro

The municipality Oraiokastro has an area of 217.855 km2 and the municipal unit Oraiokastro has an area of 21.855 km2.[3]

Religious buildings
The Temple of the Hellenic Gods in Oraiokastro

The Temple of the Hellenic Gods (Ελληνων Ναος), a Hellenic temple, is located in Oraiokastro, Central Macedonia.[4]

References
  1. "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 A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. Γιώργος Λαμπίρης/Giórgos Lampíris. "Μύθοι και αλήθειες για την ελληνική Ομάδα Ε (Myths and Truths about the Greek Group E)". newsbeast.gr, 01/11/2015. Retrieved 20/05/2017
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