Skydra

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FieldValue
nameSkydra
name_localΣκύδρα
typemunicipality
image_map2011 Dimos Skydras.png
periphCentral Macedonia
periphunitPella
pop_municipality18325
area_municipality239.525
pop_municunit14353
area_municunit120.963
pop_community5686
population_as_of2021
elevation40
coordinates
postal_code585 00
area_code23810
licenceΕΕ
image_skylineRizari391.jpg
websitewww.skydra.gr
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Skydra (, in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - Vertekop, Slavic: Вртикоп, Vrtikop) is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia in Greece.

Municipality

The municipality Skydra was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

The municipality has an area of 239.525 km2, the municipal unit 120.963 km2.

Municipal unit of Skydra

Division of the municipal unit Skidra with total population 14,353 (2021). The 12 communities of Skydra are: ::data[format=table]

MapCommunityPopulation (2021)Municipal unit of Skydra14,353
Skydra5,686
Arseni1,241
Aspro656
Dafni565
Kalyvia913
Lipochori919
Loutrochori399
Mavrovouni827
Nea Zoi128
Petraia (incl. Plevroma)927
Rizo911
Sevastiana1,181
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History

In Skydra there is an ancient settlement in Mandalo. The foundations of a monumental building that probably was a temple of Zeus have been uncovered.

Oral History

Ioannis Chrissochoidis on Pontian Greeks settling in Skydra (1919-1940).

Historical Population

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YearCommunityMunicipal unitMunicipality
19914,56215,237-
20015,08115,654-
20115,40615,61320,188
20215,68614,35318,325
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Sporting teams

The town hosts two football clubs:

Notable people

References

References

  1. [http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442//170282 Name changes of settlements in Greece]
  2. "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. [https://www.pella-museum.gr/informations/monuments/skydra Pella museum, Skydra]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200319204613/https://www.pella-museum.gr/informations/monuments/skydra Archived] 19 March 2020.

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