Kallikrateia ( el, Καλλικράτεια) is a municipal unit in

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 ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of 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. The municipality has an area of 372.317 km2. M ...

, before which it was a municipality with its seat in the town Nea Kallikrateia. The municipal unit has an area of 108.894 km². According to the census of 2011, the municipal unit has a population of 11,571 people while the town itself has 7,238 inhabitants, third largest in Chalkidiki. Nea Kallikrateia was established after the

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in 1922, mainly by the residents who came from Kallikrateia (today Mimarsinan) in

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and set up in the area, where the metohi of the Xenofontos Monastery of Mount Athos existed and it was called “Stomion”. Many testimonies report that it was inhabited by the prehistoric years; however, they are not confirmed.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit of Kallikrateia consists of the communities of Agios Pavlos, Lakkoma, Nea Gonia, Nea Kallikrateia and Nea Silata.

References

External links

Kallikrateia.gr, a news portal based in Nea Kallikrateia

Populated places in Chalkidiki {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub