Nea Skioni

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Nea Skioni Νέα Σκιώνη
Statistics
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 tourist oriented 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.

Contents 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

Tourism dominates the community's industry and is supported by hotels, villas and a campground. 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 and tourists were evacuated.

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), 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