Lagkadas ( el, Λαγκαδάς, ) is a town and municipality in the northeast part of
Thessaloniki regional unit,
Greece
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. There are 41103 residents in the municipality and 7764 of them live in the town of Lagkadas.
Lagkadas is located northeast of Thessaloniki, at a distance of about 20 km from its center and at an altitude of about 130m, in the center of the valley of Mygdonia, through which Alexander the Great passed at his campaigns and also the Apostle Paul towards Thessaloniki and Athens. The climate is continental. Nearby is Lake Koroneia (or Lake Lagkada). The inhabitants of Lagkadas participated in the revolution of 1821, with the most famous fighter being Stavros Tzanis, who took part in many battles in southern Greece. The consequence was the destruction of the town in retaliation. During the Macedonian Struggle, the people of Lagkadas offered a lot, with the main Macedonian warrior, the chief Christos Dremlis.
Municipality
The municipality of Lagkadas was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 7 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
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Assiros
Assiros ( gr, Άσσηρος, before 1926: Γιουβέσνα - ''Giouvesna'', bg, Гвоздово, Gvozdovo) is a village and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of ...
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Kallindoia
Kallindoia ( el, Καλλίνδοια) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2011 census recorded 3 ...
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Koroneia
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Lachanas
Lachanas ( el, Λαχανάς) is a village and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas
Lagkadas ( el, Λαγκαδάς, ) is a town and munic ...
*Lagkadas
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Sochos
Sochos ( el, Σοχός, , bg, Сухо) is a community and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. The com ...
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Vertiskos
The municipality of Langadas has an area of 1,222.65 km
2, the municipal unit Lagkadas has an area of 197.411 km
2, and the community Lagkadas has an area of 31.761 km
2.
Lagkadas is well known for the famous thermal spa
Climate
Lagkadas has a continental climate with significant temperature variations between winter and summer. On the 3rd of August 2021 the official meteorological station of the
National Observatory of Athens
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA; el, Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research institute in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest research foundation in Greece, as it was the first scientific resea ...
in Lagkadas registered 47.1°C.
Population
The historical evolution of the population of Langadas town is as follows:
Notable natives
* Stavros Tzanis, fighter of the Revolution of 1821
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Zübeyde Hanım
Zübeyde Hanım (1856 – 15 January 1923) was the mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. She was the only daughter of the Hacısofular family which included her two brothers. Zübeyde was born in Langaza vil ...
(1857–1923),
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, or Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1921, and Ghazi Mustafa Kemal from 1921 Surname Law (Turkey), until 1934 ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish Mareşal (Turkey), field marshal, Turkish National Movement, re ...
's mother
* Christos Dremlis, Macedonian warlord
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Antonis Remos
Antonis Remos ( el, Αντώνης Ρέμος, ; born Antonios Paschalidis, el, Αντώνιος Πασχαλίδης, links=no; 19 June 1970) is a Greek singer.
Biography Early life
He was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany. Later his family ...
, singer
* Ιlias Klonaridis, singer
Transport
North of Lagkadas passes the Egnatia Odos (junction 24) connecting it with Thessaloniki. Lagkadas is connected to Thessaloniki by line 83 of OASTH (public buses).
References
Municipalities of Central Macedonia
Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
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