Chalastra
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Chalastra (Greek: Χαλάστρα) is a town and former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Before 1926, it was known as Κουλουκιά - Kouloukia (Bulgarian: Кулакия - Kulakiya). It was renamed to Chalastra in 1926, to Πύργος - Pyrgos in 1955 and back to Chalastra in 1980. Since the local government reform of 2011 it has been part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit. The town is located 20 km west from the city of Thessaloniki, on the north side of Greek National Road 1, near the Axios river and the Thermaic Gulf. The municipal unit of Chalastra consists of the two communities of Chalastra itself and Anatoliko. The population was 9,859 inhabitants according to the 2011 census, most of them working in agriculture and small industry. The municipal unit Chalastra has an area of 121.415 km2, and the community Chalastra has an area of 98.449 km2.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalastra
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Coordinates: 40°37'36"N 22°43'56"E
- Dilesi 263 km
- Stamáta 292 km
- Nèa Pèramos 294 km
- Kineta 297 km
- Agioi Theòdoroi 299 km
- Porto Rafti 321 km
- Lapseki 333 km
- Gulluk 563 km
- Milas 568 km
- Kos (Town) 570 km
- A1 / A2 Egnatia Motorway Exit 88 / 19 Axios 1.8 km
- Delta Municipality 2.1 km
- Old Axios river delta 3.9 km
- A1 / Α2 Egnatia Motorway Exit 87 / 18 Nea Màlgara 5.1 km
- Chalastra Municipal Unit 5.4 km
- Αxios municipal unit -Nea Malgara 9 km
- Chalkidona Municipality 14 km
- Alexandreia Municipality 22 km
- Peripheral unit of Thessaloniki 34 km
- Thermaic Gulf 49 km