Gallikos
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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Gallikos
|name_local = Γαλλικός
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Gallikou.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
| periph = Central Macedonia
| periphunit = Kilkis
|municipality = Kilkis
|pop_municunit = 4906
|area_municunit = 149.1
|pop_community = 794
|population_as_of = 2021
|coordinates = {{coord|40|52|N|22|53|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 611 00
|area_code = 23410
|licence = NI, ΚΙ*
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090301001826/http://gallikos.gr/ gallikos.gr]
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Gallikos ({{langx|el|Γαλλικός}}) is a village and a former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 149.054 km2.{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }} Population 6,343 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in the village of Kampanis.
The municipality Gallikos was created after 13 small villages in the area south of the city of Kilkis merged in the late 1990s when the Greek government implemented its Kapodistrias{{cite web |url=http://www.ypes.gr/kapodistrias/index.html |title=Το Πρόγραμμα "Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας" |website=www.ypes.gr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000301025834/http://www.ypes.gr/Kapodistrias/index.html |archive-date=2000-03-01}} project to fuse - and thus limit the number of - local authorities in the country.
Subdivisions
The following villages are part of the municipal unit:
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|+ Villages of Gallikos Municipality | ||
Community | Village | Population (2021) |
---|---|---|
rowspan=5|Chrysopetra | Chrysopetra | 57 |
Fanari | 48 | |
Laodikino | 135 | |
Peristeri | 115 | |
Pyrgotos | 112 | |
Gallikos | Gallikos | 794 |
rowspan=2| Kampanis | Kampanis | 977 |
Mylos | 22 | |
Mandres | Mandres | 385 |
rowspan=2| Nea Santa | Nea Santa | 1,235 |
Panteleimon | 347 | |
rowspan=2| Pedino | Pedino | 655 |
Perinthos | 24 |
Transport
The village is served by Gallikos railway station on the Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli line.{{cite web |url= http://www.ose.gr/en/o-s-e/network?download=78:network-statement-2017-2-2 |title= OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes |access-date= 2021-03-04 |archive-date= 2020-06-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200611132834/https://www.ose.gr/en/o-s-e/network?download=78:network-statement-2017-2-2 |url-status= dead }}
References
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