Triandria
{{Short description|Suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area, Greece}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Triandria
|name_local = Τριανδρία
|type = municipal unit
|image_coa =
|image_map = DE Triandrias Zoom.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|georegion = {{flag|Macedonia (Greece)|name=Macedonia}}
| periph = Central Macedonia
| periphunit = Thessaloniki
|municipality = Thessaloniki
|pop_municunit = 9428
|population_as_of = 2021
|area_municunit = 1.475
|elevation = 80
|coordinates = {{coord|40|37.4|N|22|58.2|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 553 37
|area_code = 2310
|licence = Ν
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080506131918/http://www.triandria.gr/ www.triandria.gr]
|image_skyline = Triandria town hall.jpg
|caption_skyline = Eleftherias street
|city_flag =
|city_seal =
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Triandria ({{langx|el|Τριανδρία}}) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thessaloniki, 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 1.475 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}} It is located east of Thessaloniki's city centre at an average elevation of {{cvt|80|m}}. It borders on the Thessaloniki districts of Saranta Ekklisies to the northwest and of Ano Toumpa to the southeast. Motorway 25, which forms the eastern beltway of Thessaloniki, passes east of Triandria. The suburb (borough) is named after the World War I-era "Triumvirate of National Defence" (Τριανδρία της Εθνικής Αμύνης), comprising the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, together with Admiral Pavlos Koundouriotis and General Panagiotis Danglis.
Triandria has four elementary schools, two gymnasiums and a lyceum. There is also a church of Agios Spyridonas, the biggest in honor of the Saint outside the island of Corfu where he is considered a patron saint.
Sports
- Achilleas Triandrias, football
Historical population
class=wikitable
! Year !! Population | |
1991 | 11,822 |
2001 | 11,289 |
2011 | 9,986 |
2021 | 9,428 |
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080506131918/http://www.triandria.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}
See also
References
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Category:Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
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