Xirochori

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Xirochori (Greek: Ξηροχώρι, before 1926: Γιόρδινον - Giordinon,[1] Bulgarian: Коритен) is a community and a village in the municipal unit of Agios Athanasios in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The community is 25 km north-northwest of downtown Thessaloniki.

The community consists of two villages: Xirochori and Baleika. According to the 2001 census, it has a total population of 680 with the village of Xirochori having 647 of those and Baleika 33.

References

  1. ↑ Name changes of settlements in Greece
Subdivisions of the municipality of Chalkidona
Municipal unit of Agios Athanasios
Municipal unit of Chalkidona
Municipal unit of Koufalia

Coordinates: 40°48′11″N 22°46′48″E / 40.803°N 22.780°E / 40.803; 22.780


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