Agios Mamas, Chalkidiki

Agios Mamas Άγιος Μάμας
Community
Agios Mamas Church
Agios Mamas
Coordinates: 40°15′N 23°21′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Chalkidiki
Municipality	Nea Propontida
Municipal unit	Moudania
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	1,093
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	632 00
Area code(s)	+30 23730
Vehicle registration	ΧΚ

Agios Mamas (Greek: ΄Αγιος Μάμας [ˈaʝios ˈmamas]) is a village in the Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. It is in the municipal unit of Moudania, within the Municipality of Nea Propontida.

Location

It is located on the gulf of Torone, 3 km from the beach (Papa Aloni), between the two fingers (smaller peninsulas) of Kassandra and Sithonia, 68 km southeast of Thessaloniki and 9 km east of Nea Moudania.

Economy

It is famous for its trade fair in the first days of September commemorating its patron saint Saint Mamas on 2 September.

The inhabitants are involved in olive farming for green table olives and olive oil as the rest of the villages of the area Olynthus, Kalyves Polygyrou and Yerakini.

Agios Mamas lagoon

Its seaside is the continuation of Kalyves Polygyrou's with a very long sandy beach, after the river Olynthios delta, including Papa Aloni beach and Portes before Nea Potidea.

A part of the seaside

Eastern part of beach skyline

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.

External links

Agios Mamas travel guide from Wikivoyage