Axios, Thessaloniki

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Axios (Greek Αξιός ( m. sg. ) ) Is a district of the municipality of Delta in the Regional District Thessaloniki on the western edge of the metropolitan area of ​​Thessaloniki in the Greek Administrative Region of Central Macedonia. It was named after the river. In 2010 she went along with the neighboring communities Chalastra and Echedoros on in the newly created municipality of Delta, has since formed a township in the Axios.

Location

The area Axios ' is situated in the north and northwest of the Thermaikos Gulf amid the zentralmakedonischen Plain, which is shaped and formed by the curves and mouths of the rivers Axios, Gallikos, Loudias and Aliakmona. The Axios River runs from north to south by the district and flows in its southeast corner in the Aegean Sea in the form of a delta. The river Loudias runs along the western border of the community and at the same time forms the border between the regional districts of Thessaloniki on the one hand and on the other hand Imathia and Pieria.

Distance between Kymina and Thessaloniki in the East is 27 km, to Athens in the south-southeast are the 494 km Vrachia lies to the northwest 5,4 km from Kymina and 34 kilometers west of Thessaloniki. Distance between Nea Malgara and Kymina is 900 m, distance to Thessaloniki in the East 26 km away.

Population

The municipality of Axios was created in 1997 by the Greek Local Government Reform Act, which consolidated the previously independent municipalities Kymina, Vrachia and Nea Malgara to a community. Seat of the municipality of Axios was the village Kymina which also the largest town in the municipality with 3,652 inhabitants in 2011 (1991: 3,469 1981: 3,139 ). The resort of Nea Malgara had 2011 2.404 inhabitants (1991: 2,349 1981: 2,284 ), the town Vrachia 557 inhabitants in 2011 (1991: 638, 1981: 625 ).

Economy

According to the position in the zentralmakedonischen lowlands with their alluvial agriculture forms the economic backbone of the community Axios.

Traffic

Parallel to the Axios River runs from north to south, the highway 1 of Evzoni about Katerini to Athens (also European Route 75 ) with a sole track alignment to the motorway junction Axios near the village of Chalastra. From Chalastra from the motorway is one in a shared route with Highway 2 ( European Route 90) from the northeast to the southwest and passes this includes the area of Axios. The also running through Axios old National Road 1 has lost since the expansion of Highway 1 considerably in importance and wrapped present only regional traffic from.