Eleftherio-Kordelio

Eleftherio-Kordelio (Greek: Ελευθέριο-Κορδελιό, Elefthério-Kordelió) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality of the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kordelio-Evosmos, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] It gained its present form in 1982, after the union of the then municipalities of Eleftheria and Neo Kordelio. They were formed in 1924 by Greek refugees from the town of Kordelio on the west coast of Asia Minor.^[3] In the Ottoman Empire the region and the small village that stood in the same area was known as Harmanköy.

Eleftherio-Kordelio Ελευθέριο-Κορδελιό
Municipal unit
Eleftherio-Kordelio Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°40′N 22°54′E / 40.667°N 22.900°E / 40.667; 22.900
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Kordelio-Evosmos
Area
• Municipal unit	3.431 km^2 (1.325 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	26,131
• Municipal unit density	7,600/km^2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Eleftherio-Kordelio covers an area of 3.431 km^2[4] with 26,131 inhabitants in 2021. In this region is located the Railway Museum of Thessaloniki.^[5]

External links

• Official Website of the Municipality

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. . Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
4. (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
5. . Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-19.