Vaptistis
Village in Greece
title: "Vaptistis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-kilkis-(regional-unit)", "kilkis"] description: "Village in Greece" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-kilkis-regional-unit" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaptistis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Greece ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vaptistis |
| name_local | Βαπτιστής |
| type | community |
| coordinates | |
| periph | Central Macedonia |
| periphunit | Kilkis |
| municipality | Kilkis |
| municunit | Kilkis |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population | 318 |
| :: |
|name = Vaptistis |name_local = Βαπτιστής |type = community |image_skyline = |caption_skyline = |coordinates = |elevation = |periph = Central Macedonia |periphunit = Kilkis |municipality = Kilkis |municunit = Kilkis |population_as_of = 2021 |population = 318 |area = |postal_code = |area_code = |licence = |website = Vaptistis ( "Baptist") is a village and a community in the municipality of Kilkis, Kilkis regional unit of Greece. In 2021 its population was 318 for the community, which includes the village Kyriakaiika. It is situated 9 km west of Kilkis, 17 km east of Polykastro and 42 km north of Thessaloniki. The village has a primary school, a high school, a stadium and three churches. The protector saint is St. John the Baptist, and the village is named after him. There are an athletic club "A.C. Doxa Vaptisti" and a cultural one "Politistikos Syllogos Vaptisti".
Name
During the Ottoman period, the village was known as Haydarlı ().
Population
Before 1922, the village was inhabited by Turks and its name was Haydarlı (Aydarlı). Following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, Greeks from Eastern Thrace moved into Haydarlı. Turks followed the same route but towards the opposite direction.
References
References
- M. Türker Acaroğlu, "Balkanlar'da Türkçe yer adları kılavuzu: 6.250'yi aşkın yer adını kapsar", 2006, {{ISBN
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