Pylaia

Pylaia

Πυλαία
Pylaia Πυλαία
	St Elias of Pylaia
	Pylaia show Location within the regional unit
	Coordinates: 40°36′N 22°59′E / 40.600°N 22.983°ECoordinates: 40°36′N 22°59′E / 40.600°N 22.983°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Pylaia-Chortiatis
Government
• Mayor	Ignatios Kaitetzidis
• Municipal unit	24.379 km2 (9.413 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Municipal unit	34,625
• Municipal unit density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Pylaia (Greek: Πυλαία) 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.^[2]

Pylaia covers 24.379 km²^[3] with 4.5 km of coastline extending along the shores of the Thermaic Gulf and had a population of 34,625 at the 2011 census. Pylaia is relatively sparsely populated for a municipal unit within the Thessaloniki Urban Area.

PAOK Sports Arena

Mediterranean Cosmos Mall

History[]

The first reference to Pylaia is found in the historian Thucydides, in 319 BC, under the name Strepsa. It was later known as Kapoutzida, from the Turkish word kapıcı ("gatekeeper"), deriving from the guards watching over the city walls of Byzantine Thessaloniki. The current name came into general use in 1927, and is derived from the word Pyle (πύλη), meaning gateway and referring to the Eastern Entrance of the city.

Sports clubs[]

, football, volleyball, founded 1950

Communities[]

Eleones

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.

External links[]

Official website (in Greek)

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[census11-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

[Kallikratis-2] "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.

[stat01-3] "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.

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show v t Subdivisions of the municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis
Municipal unit of Chortiatis	Asvestochori Chortiatis Exochi Filyro
Municipal unit of Panorama	Panorama
Municipal unit of Pylaia	Pylaia

show v t Neighbourhoods of Thessaloniki
Municipality of Thessaloniki	Aristotelous Ano Poli Charilaou Ladadika Navarinou Port Saranta Ekklisies Toumba Triandria ()
Other Municipalities	Agios Pavlos Ampelokipoi Eleftherio-Kordelio Evosmos () Kalamaria (, Nea Aretsou) Menemeni Neapoli Panorama Polichni Pylaia Sykies Stavroupoli

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Pylaia Πυλαία
St Elias of Pylaia
Pylaia show Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°36′N 22°59′E / 40.600°N 22.983°E / 40.600; 22.983Coordinates: 40°36′N 22°59′E / 40.600°N 22.983°E / 40.600; 22.983
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Pylaia-Chortiatis
Government
• Mayor	Ignatios Kaitetzidis
• Municipal unit	24.379 km² (9.413 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Municipal unit	34,625
• Municipal unit density	1,400/km² (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)