Pylaia

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
Πυλαία
St Elias of Pylaia
St Elias of Pylaia
Pylaia is located in Greece
Pylaia
Pylaia
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°36′N 22°59′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitThessaloniki
MunicipalityPylaia-Chortiatis
Government
  MayorIgnatios Kaitetzidis
  Municipal unit24.379 km2 (9.413 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
34,625
  Municipal unit density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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

  • Ethnikos Pylaias, football, volleyball, founded 1950

Communities

References

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