Sindos

Sindos (Greek: Σίνδος; Latin: Sindus) is a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Delta. Sindos is home to the main campus of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki and the Industrial Zone of the city. The community Sindos has an area of 47.248 km².^[2] The population was 9,406 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Sindos Σίνδος
Community
Sindos
Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°48′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Delta
Municipal unit	Echedoros
Area
• Community	47.248 km2 (18.243 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	9,406
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In antiquity, Sindos was noted by Herodotus (vii. 123); and Stephanus of Byzantium as a maritime town of Mygdonia in Macedonia, between Therme and Chalastra.^[3][4]

Transport

The settlement is severed by Sindos railway station, on the Piraeus–Platy railway^[5] and Thessaloniki–Bitola railway.^[6] Sindos - Thessaloniki transportation is facilitated by the lines 52, 80 and 51 of OASTH bus, where the central railway station serves as starting point.^[7]