Nea Skioni

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Nea Skioni Νέα Σκιώνη
Prefecture:	Halkidiki
Province:	Polygyros
Municipality:	Pallini
Number of municipal districts:	1 (Metaxata) - seat
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	39.8875 (39°52'46") N 23.3365 (23°32'12") E
Population: (2001) -Municipal district -Village Percent of the municipality	910 889 15.47%
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	valley area 61 m western part
Postal code:	GR-630 85
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-23740
Car designation:	`XK`

Nea Skioni (Greek: Νέα Σκιώνη) is a touristic village located in the peninsulas of Cassandreia and Halkidiki (also a prefecture) in Greece. The population in 2001 was 889 for the village and 910 for the municipal district, the elevation is 10 m. Nea Skioni is located around 110 km SE of Thessaloniki.

1 Subdivisions
2 Nearest places
3 Information
4 Population
5 Other
6 External links
7 See also

[edit] Subdivisions

Frama (Φράμα) [2001 pop: 21]

[edit] Nearest places

Agia Paraskevi
Chanioti
Pefkochori (east)

[edit] Information

The most famous is that tourism dominates the industry and features hotels, villas and a campground. The most infamous was that on August 26, 2006, a forest fire ravaged Nea Skioni and devastated much of the forests and buildings in the outskirts of the area. Several houses and villas were burnt. Hydro was snapped out and roads were closed. All residents were to be evacuated as well as tourists who were to leave the area.

Nea Skioni was linked with pavement in the mid-20th century, hydro and phone lines soon followed as well as more paved roads in the 1980s.

[edit] Population

Year	Village Population	Change	Municipal district population	Percent of the municipality
1981	740	-	-	-
1991	786	46 or 6.21%	-	-
2001	889	103 or 13.10%	910	15.47%

[edit] Other

Nea Skioni has a school, a lyceum (middle school), banks, churches and a few squares (plateies).

[edit] External links

Map and aerial photos:
Nea Skioni on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
- Street map: Street map from Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps
- Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
Coordinates: 38°52′46″N, 23°32′12″E
Nea Skioni

[edit] See also

List of settlements in the Chalkidiki prefecture

The municipality of Pallini
Municipal districts with settlements in brackets, not all municipal districts are listed here Agia Paraskevi (Loutra) \| Chanioti \| Nea Skioni (Frama) \| Paliouri (Agios Nikolaos \| Xyna) \| Pefkochori (Lefki \| Panorama) \| Polychrono
Greece \| Central Macedonia \| Chalkidiki \| Polygyros? \| Cassandreia \| Pallini