Moudania, Greece
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Moudania is a former municipality in Chalkidiki, Greece
, named after Mudanya
in present Turkey
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nea Propontida
, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 17,032 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Nea Moudania
. The area is a popular tourist resort for people from Thessaloniki
.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, named after Mudanya
Mudanya
Mudanya , is a town and district of Bursa Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is located on the Gulf of Gemlik, part of the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. As of 1911, it was connected with Bursa by a railway and a carriage road, and with Istanbul by steamers...
in present Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nea Propontida
Nea Propontida
Nea Propontida is a municipality in the Chalkidiki peripheral unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Nea Moudania.-Municipality:...
, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 17,032 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Nea Moudania
Nea Moudania
Nea Moudania is the seat of the municipality of Nea Propontida, Chalkidiki, Greece and its main town. The town is located 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is considered to be the financial and commercial center of the peripheral unit of Chalkidiki...
. The area is a popular tourist resort for people from Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Moudania is subdivided into the following communities:- Nea MoudaniaNea MoudaniaNea Moudania is the seat of the municipality of Nea Propontida, Chalkidiki, Greece and its main town. The town is located 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is considered to be the financial and commercial center of the peripheral unit of Chalkidiki...
- Agios Mamas
- Agios Panteleimonas
- Dionysiou
- Zografou
- Nea Poteidaia
- Portaria
- Simantra
- FlogitaFlogitaFlogita , is a coastal village in the Greek prefecture of Chalkidiki, 52 km from Thessaloniki and 6 km from Nea Moudania. The village, in the municipality of Nea Propontida, is built on a hill overlooking the Thermaikos Gulf...