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Chalastra (Greek Χαλάστρα ( f sg ) ) is a small town on the western edge of the metropolitan area of ​​Thessaloniki in the Greek region Central Macedonia. By 2010 she was a municipality in the prefecture of Thessaloniki in the Administrative Region of Central Macedonia. 2010 Chalastra went along with the neighboring communities of Axios and Echedoros on in the newly created municipality of Delta, in which it has since formed a district. This consists of the villages Chalastra with 7,262 and Anatoliko with around 2,590 inhabitants.

Chalastra is located in the north of the Thermaikos Gulf, near the mouth of the River Axios in the Aegean Sea. The Axios runs west of Chalastra Coming from the north to the south.

Under the name Kouloukia ( gr Κουλουκιά ) the place 1918 as the rural community ( kinotita ) was established. In 1926 it was renamed after a Chalastra are rooted in ancient right of Axios estuary town. 1955 was again renamed in Pyrgos (Greek Πύργος, tower ' ), which was withdrawn in 1980 when the city gained the status of a municipality ( dimos ). In 1997, the neighboring Anatoliko was incorporated. Thus, the present district of the villages Chalastra and Anatoliko.

The municipality Chalastra, with its two locations in the zentralmakedonischen coastal plain, which is determined by the estuaries of the rivers Axios, Loudias, Gallikos and Aliakmona. Accordingly, the landscape is flat and has no elevations. Due to the abundant supply of fresh water was and agriculture is the dominant economic factor in the region.

Parallel to the Axios River runs from north to south, the highway 1 of Evzoni about Katerini to Athens (also European Route 75). In the south of Chalastra runs from southwest to northeast Highway 2 ( European route 90) from Veria via Thessaloniki to Kavala. The motorway junction Axios to highway 1 and 2 located near Chalastra.