Prochoma
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Prochoma
|name_local = Πρόχωμα
|type = community
|image_map =
|map_caption =
| periph = Central Macedonia
| periphunit = Thessaloniki
|municipality = Chalkidona
|municunit = Koufalia
|area = 38.537
|population = 1940
|population_as_of = 2021
|coordinates = {{coord|40|47.9|N|22|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 570 11
|area_code = +30-231
|licence = NA to NX
|image_skyline =
|caption_skyline =
|elevation = 65
}}
Prochoma ({{langx|el|Πρόχωμα}}, {{IPA|el|'pɾoxoma|}}) is a village and a community of the Chalkidona municipality.{{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}} Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Koufalia, of which it was a municipal district.{{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}} The 2021 census recorded 1,940 inhabitants in the community. The community of Prochoma covers an area of 38.537 km2.
Administrative division
The community of Prochoma consists of three communities:
- Akropotamos (population 453 in 2021)
- Kastanas (population 483)
- Prochoma (population 1,004)
History
The population of Prochoma consists of Greek refugees from Pontus.{{cite web|publisher=Municipality of Chalkidona|accessdate=29 March 2014|url=http://www.dimos-chalkidonos.gr/index.php/dimotikes-enotites/dimotiki-enotita-koufalion/proxoma|script-title=el:Πρόχωμα|language=el}} The village was named Dogantzi until 1926.