Gefyra, Thessaloniki

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Gefyra
Γέφυρα
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
570 11
Area code(s)+30-231
Vehicle registrationNA to NX
Balkan Wars museum

Gefyra (

community of the Chalkidona municipality,[2] about 20 km northwest from Thessaloniki
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Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Agios Athanasios, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 2,782 inhabitants in the community.[1] The community of Gefyra covers an area of 29.836 km2.[3]

There is a highway junction near Gefyra, where the European route E75 and E86 meets.

History

The village is the site of the surrender of the Ottoman garrison of Thessaloniki under Hasan Tahsin Pasha to the Greek army under Crown Prince Constantine during the First Balkan War (1912). The villa where the surrender took place now houses the Balkan Wars Museum.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.