Pylaia

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Pylaia
Πυλαία
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St Elias of Pylaia
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Pylaia
Location within the regional unit
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Coordinates: 40°36′N22°59′E / 40.600°N 22.983°E / 40.600; 22.983
Country Greece
Administrative region Central Macedonia
Regional unit Thessaloniki
Municipality Pylaia-Chortiatis
Area
  Municipal unit24.379 km2 (9.413 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Municipal unit
36,843
  Municipal unit density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Pylaia (Greek : Πυλαία, romanized: Pylaía) 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]

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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 36,843 at the 2021 census. Pylaia is relatively sparsely populated for a municipal unit within the Thessaloniki Urban Area.

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PAOK Sports Arena
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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.

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References

  1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.