Echedoros

Echedoros
Εχέδωρος
Echedoros

Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°49′E / 40.667°N 22.817°ECoordinates: 40°40′N 22°49′E / 40.667°N 22.817°E
Country Greece
Administrative region Central Macedonia
Regional unit Thessaloniki
Municipality Delta
  Municipal unit 103.147 km2 (39.825 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit 29,367
  Municipal unit density 280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 570 08
574 00
575 00
Area code(s) +30-231x-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registration NAx-xxxx to NXx-xxxx

Echedoros (Greek: Εχέδωρος) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality was in Sindos. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The 2011 census recorded 29,367 inhabitants in the municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit of Echedoros covers an area of 103.147 km2.[3] In antiquity Echedorus was a river rising in the mountains of Grestonia and falling into the Thermaic Gulf at Sindus.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Detailed census results 2011" (in Greek).
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  3. Πίνακας 3. Πραγματικός πληθυσμός, επιφάνεια και πυκνότητα του πληθυσμού, με διάκριση σε αστικές και αγροτικές περιοχές καθώς και σε πεδινές, ημιορεινές και ορεινές περιοχές. Μέσος σταθμικός των υψομέτρων. (PDF) (in Greek). Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή (Hellenic Statistical Authority). Retrieved 11 December 2013.