Pylaia
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Pylaia () is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the regional unit of Thessaloniki (without boundary changes), and Pylaia became a part of the new municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia continues under its old boundaries as a municipal unit within Pylaia-Chortiatis.
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It is catalogued under topics including Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) and Pylaia-Chortiatis.
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Πυλαίας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 36,843
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Pylaia
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πυλαία
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Pyleas.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Thessaloniki
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Pylaia-Chortiatis
- Greek Dimos.population
- 36843
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area
- 24.379
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Saint Elijah Church in Pylea in Thessaloniki.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- St Elias of Pylaia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 34625
- Shares border with
- Thessaloniki
- Image
- Saint Elijah Church in Pylea in Thessaloniki.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2310
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- Commons category
- Pylaia
- native label
- Πυλαία
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Pylaia () is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the regional unit of Thessaloniki (without boundary changes), and Pylaia became a part of the new municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia continues under its old boundaries as a municipal unit within Pylaia-Chortiatis.
Pylaia covers 24.379 km2 with 4.5 km of coastline extending along the shores of the Thermaic Gulf and had a population of 36,843 at the 2021 census. Pylaia is relatively sparsely populated for a municipal unit within the Thessaloniki Urban Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pylaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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