Eleftherio-Kordelio

Eleftherio-Kordelio

Eleftherio-Kordelio

Suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area, Greece

Eleftherio-Kordelio (Greek: Ελευθέριο-Κορδελιό, Elefthério-Kordelió) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality of the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kordelio-Evosmos, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It gained its present form in 1982, after the union of the then municipalities of Eleftheria and Neo Kordelio. They were formed in 1924 by Greek refugees from the town of Kordelio on the west coast of Asia Minor.[3] In the Ottoman Empire the region and the small village that stood in the same area was known as Harmanköy.

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Eleftherio-Kordelio covers an area of 3.431 km2[4] with 26,131 inhabitants in 2021. In this region is located the Railway Museum of Thessaloniki.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. [3]
    "HISTORY OF ELEFTHERIO-KORDELIO :::: 7th & 9th PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF ELEFTHERIO-KORDELIO". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  4. [4]
    "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  5. [5]
    "Railway Museum of Thessaloniki web site". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
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