Kassandreia
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Kassandreia (, ), known as Valta before 1955 (, , meaning "town in the swamps"), is a town and a community in Chalkidiki, northern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Kassandra, in the center of the peninsula. Its population was 3,158 at the 2021 census. It was named after the ancient city Cassandrea, which was located near the village. This ancient city, which had originally been called Potidaea, was enlarged by Cassander who became the ruler of Macedonia for a number of years, and named after him. It is probably at this time that the channel that separates this peninsula from the m
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Kassandreia
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Κασσάνδρεια
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- Dimos kassandras.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Chalkidiki
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Kassandra
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Kassandra
- Greek Dimos.population
- 3158
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 631 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 23710
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΚ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Kassandria Fussgängerzone.jpg
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Κασσάνδρεια
- Population
- 2775
- Elevation
- 46
- Official website
- kassandra.gr
- Image
- Kassandria Fussgängerzone.jpg
- Dialing code
- 23740
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- Commons category
- Kassandreia
- postal code
- 63077
- native label
- Κασσάνδρεια
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Kassandreia (, ), known as Valta before 1955 (, , meaning "town in the swamps"), is a town and a community in Chalkidiki, northern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Kassandra, in the center of the peninsula. Its population was 3,158 at the 2021 census. It was named after the ancient city Cassandrea, which was located near the village. This ancient city, which had originally been called Potidaea, was enlarged by Cassander who became the ruler of Macedonia for a number of years, and named after him. It is probably at this time that the channel that separates this peninsula from the mainland was dredged, to aid naval activities. The ancient name has now been revived for the modern small town that has been built on the site of the ancient Cassandrea, and it is called 'New Potidaea', or in Greek Nea Poteidaia.
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