Oraiokastro

Oraiokastro Ωραιόκαστρο
Municipality
Oraiokastro Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°44′N 22°55′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Area
• Municipality	217.86 km^2 (84.12 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	21.855 km^2 (8.438 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipality	40,004
• Density	180/km^2 (480/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	23,626
• Municipal unit density	1,100/km^2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Oraiokastro (Greek: Ωραιόκαστρο, also Oreokastro) is a municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece, and a suburb of Thessaloniki.

Municipality

The municipality Oraiokastro was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[2]

• Kallithea
• Mygdonia
• Oraiokastro

The municipality has an area of 217.855 km² and the municipal unit Oreokastro which is located 11 km north of Thessaloniki. has an area of 21.855 km².^[3] The municipality has a population of 40,004 inhabitants according to the October 2021 census.^[4]

Religious buildings

The Temple of the Hellenic Gods in Oraiokastro

The Temple of the Hellenic Gods (Ελληνων Ναος), a Hellenic temple, is located in Oraiokastro, Central Macedonia.^[5]

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 A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
4. "Dímos Oraiokástrou (Municipality, Greece) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location" (PDF) (in Greek). p. 14.
5. Γιώργος Λαμπίρης/Giórgos Lampíris. "Μύθοι και αλήθειες για την ελληνική Ομάδα Ε (Myths and Truths about the Greek Group E)". newsbeast.gr, 1 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2017