Agios Mamas ( el, ΄Αγιος Μάμας ) is a village in the
Chalkidiki
Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region co ...
peninsula in northern
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. It is in the municipal unit of
Moudania, within the Municipality of
Nea Propontida
Nea Propontida ( el, Νέα Προποντίδα, "New Propontis") is a municipality in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Nea Moudania
Nea Moudania ( el, Νέα Μουδανιά, ...
.
Location
It is located on the gulf of
Torone
Toroni ( grc, Τορώνη, ''Toróne'', modern pronunciation ''Toróni'') is an ancient Greek city and a former municipality in the southwest edge of Sithonia peninsula in Chalkidiki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of ...
, 3 km from the beach (Papa Aloni), between the two fingers (smaller peninsulas) of
Kassandra and
Sithonia
Sithonia ( el, Σιθωνία), also known as Longos, is a peninsula of Chalkidiki, which itself is located on a larger peninsula within Greece. The Kassandra Peninsula lies to the west of Sithonia and the Mount Athos peninsula to the east. Sith ...
, 68 km southeast of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
and 9 km east of
Nea Moudania
Nea Moudania ( el, Νέα Μουδανιά, ''Néa Moudaniá''; often referred to as Moudania (Μουδανιά, ''Moudaniá''), the name of the municipal unit to which the town belongs, is the seat of the municipality of Nea Propontida, Chalkidi ...
.
Economy
It is famous for its trade fair in the first days of September commemorating its patron saint
Saint Mamas
Saint Mammes (Mamas, Mammas, Mammet) of Caesarea ( el, Μάμας; french: Mammès; it, Mamante; es, Mamés; pt, São Mamede) was a child-martyr of the 3rd century, who was martyred at Caesarea. His parents, Theodotus and Rufina, were also ...
on 2 September.
The inhabitants are involved in olive farming for green table olives and olive oil as the rest of the villages of the area
Olynthus
Olynthus ( grc, Ὄλυνθος ''Olynthos'', named for the ὄλυνθος ''olunthos'', "the fruit of the wild fig tree") was an ancient city of Chalcidice, built mostly on two flat-topped hills 30–40m in height, in a fertile plain at the he ...
,
Kalyves Polygyrou and
Yerakini
Yerakini or Gerakini ( el, Γερακινή , ) is a village in the Chalkidiki peninsula in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece.
It has been the port
of nearby Polygyros, the capital town of Chalkidiki, ever since its settlement. It has the lar ...
.
Its seaside is the continuation of Kalyves Polygyrou's with a very long sandy beach, after the river Olynthios delta, including Papa Aloni beach and Portes before
Nea Potidea.
References
External links
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Populated places in Chalkidiki