Chalastra is a municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture, in the region of Central Macedonia. It is located 20 km west of the city of Thessaloniki, on the Greek National Road 1 near Axios river and the Thermaic Gulf. Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη) is a nomos (prefecture) in Greece, containing Thessaloniki, Lagana and the northern portion of the Chalcidicean peninsula. ... Central Macedonia is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece, being the central part of Greek Macedonia. ... Coordinates 40°38′ N 22°57′ E Country Greece Periphery Central Macedonia Prefecture Thessaloniki [1] Population 363,987 source (2001) Metropolitan area population 1. ... Greek National Road 1 is the longest highway in Greece. ... The Vardar (or Axios) is the principal river of the Macedonian region of south-eastern Europe. ... The Thermaic Gulf (Greek Θερμαϊκός Κόλπος, Macedonian / Slavonic : Солунски Залив / Solunski Zaliv) is a gulf of the Aegean Sea located immediately south of Thessaloniki, east of Pieria and Imathia, and west of Chalkidiki (prefectures of Greece). ...

The Municipality of Chalastra consists of two Municipal Departments: Chalastra and Anatoliko. The population was 9,837 inhabitants according to the 2001 census, most of them working in agriculture and small industry. 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Chalastra was known as the town of Mygdonia in ancient Macedonia, situated on the Thermaikos gulf at the mouth of the Axios river. A large part of the population was absorbed in Thessaloniki when it was founded by Cassander. Little remains of the original town, but it is considered that its location was near modern Kulakia. Other names of the town have been Campania and Pyrgos. Mygdonia was an ancient territory, later conquered by Macedon, which comprised the plains around Therma (Thessalonica) together with the valleys of Klisali and Besikia, including the area of the Axios river mouth and extending as far east as Lake Bolbe. ... The Vardar (or Axios) is the principal river of the Macedonian region of south-eastern Europe. ... Coordinates 40°38′ N 22°57′ E Country Greece Periphery Central Macedonia Prefecture Thessaloniki [1] Population 363,987 source (2001) Metropolitan area population 1. ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos is an archaeological site of the Minoan civilization near Myrtos in the municipality of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete. ...

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