Lagkadas
Sign in to saveLagkadas (, ) is a town and municipality in the northeast part of Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. There are 37,022 residents in the municipality and 8,447 of them live in the community of Lagkadas (2021). Lagkadas is located northeast of Thessaloniki, at a distance of about 20 km from its center and at an altitude of about 130m, in the center of the valley of Mygdonia, through which Alexander the Great passed at his campaigns and also the Apostle Paul towards Thessaloniki and Athens. The climate is continental. Nearby is Lake Koroneia (or Lake Lagkada). The inhabitants of Lagkadas par
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Lagkadas
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Λαγκαδάς
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Langada.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Thessaloniki
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 37022
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 1222.7
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 19339
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 197.411
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 8447
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 31.761
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.website
- http://www.lagadas.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Langadas from 5km altitude - SlaRos Project - Mission 1.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- An aerial picture of Lagkadas.
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Niki Andreadou
- Greek Dimos.since
- 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7764
- Elevation
- 136
- Official website
- www.lagadas.gr
- Image
- Langadas from 5km altitude - SlaRos Project - Mission 1 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Langadas
- postal code
- 545 00
- native label
- Λαγκαδάς
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Lagkadas (, ) is a town and municipality in the northeast part of Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. There are 37,022 residents in the municipality and 8,447 of them live in the community of Lagkadas (2021). Lagkadas is located northeast of Thessaloniki, at a distance of about 20 km from its center and at an altitude of about 130m, in the center of the valley of Mygdonia, through which Alexander the Great passed at his campaigns and also the Apostle Paul towards Thessaloniki and Athens. The climate is continental. Nearby is Lake Koroneia (or Lake Lagkada). The inhabitants of Lagkadas participated in the revolution of 1821, with the most famous fighter being Stavros Tzanis, who took part in many battles in southern Greece. The consequence was the destruction of the town in retaliation. During the Macedonian Struggle, the people of Lagkadas offered a lot, with the main Macedonian warrior, the chief Christos Dremlis.
==Municipality== The municipality of Lagkadas was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 7 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Assiros Kallindoia Koroneia Lachanas Lagkadas Sochos Vertiskos
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