Prochoma ( el, Πρόχωμα, ) is a village and a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...

of the Chalkidona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of

Koufalia Koufalia ( el, Κουφάλια) is a municipal unit and a town of the Chalkidona municipality. Koufalia is the seat of the municipality of Chalkidona. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a municipality. Administrative division The mu ...

, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 1,214 inhabitants in the village and 2,440 inhabitants in the community. The community of Prochoma covers an area of 38.537 km².

Administrative division

The community of Prochoma consists of three communities: * Akropotamos (population 596) * Kastanas (population 630) *Prochoma (population 1,214) The aforementioned population figures are as of 2011.

History

The population of Prochoma consists of

Greek refugees Greek refugees is a collective term used to refer to the more than one million Greek Orthodox natives of Asia Minor, Thrace and the Black Sea areas who fled during the Greek genocide (1914-1923) and Greece's later defeat in the Greco-Turkish War ...

from

Pontus Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...

. The village was named Dogantzi until 1926.

References

{{Chalkidona div Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)

Administrative division

History

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