Echedoros

Municipal unit in Greece

Echedoros Εχέδωρος
Municipal unit
40°40′N 22°49′E / 40.667°N 22.817°E / 40.667; 22.817
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Delta
Area
• Municipal unit	103.147 km² (39.825 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	29,996
• Municipal unit density	290/km² (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	570 08, 574 00, 575 00
Area code(s)	+30-231
Vehicle registration	NA to NX

Echedoros (Greek: Εχέδωρος) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality was in Sindos. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delta, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 29,996 inhabitants in the municipal unit.^[1] The municipal unit of Echedoros covers an area of 103.147 km².^[3] In antiquity Echedorus was a river rising in the mountains of Grestonia and falling into the Thermaic Gulf at Sindus.

References

^ ^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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "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.