Oraiokastro
Municipality in Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oraiokastro (Greek: Ωραιόκαστρο, also Oreokastro) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece, and a suburb of Thessaloniki.
Oraiokastro
Ωραιόκαστρο | |
|---|---|
 Oraiokastro Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′N 22°55′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Thessaloniki |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 217.86 km2 (84.12 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 21.855 km2 (8.438 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Municipality | 40,004 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 23,626 |
| • Municipal unit density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
The municipality has an area of 217.855 km2 and the municipal unit Oreokastro which is located 11 km north of Thessaloniki. has an area of 21.855 km2.[3] The municipality has a population of 40,004 inhabitants according to the October 2021 census.[4]
Religious buildings
The Temple of the Hellenic Gods (Ελλήνων Ναός), a Hellenic temple, is located in Oraiokastro.[5]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.