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Koufalia

Town in Macedonia, Greece

Summary

Town in Macedonia, Greece

FieldValue
nameKoufalia
name_localΚουφάλια
typeTown and municipal unit
image_mapDE Koufalion.svg
map_captionLocation within the regional unit
georegionMacedonia (Greece)periph = Central Macedonia
periphunitThessaloniki
municipalityChalkidona
pop_municunit9462
area_municunit106.128
pop_community7522
area_community67.591
population_as_of2021
coordinates
postal_code571 00
area_code+30-2391
licenceNA to NX
image_skylineKufalovo 186.jpg
elevation42

Koufalia () is a town and a municipal unit of the Chalkidona municipality in Thessaloniki regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Koufalia is the seat of the municipality of Chalkidona. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a municipality.

Administrative division

The municipal unit of Koufalia consists of two communities:

  • Koufalia (population 7,522)
  • Prochoma (population 1,940) The aforementioned population figures are as of 2021.

Geography

Koufalia is located 35 kilometres North-West of the City of Thessaloniki, and virtually by the Axios river. The community of Koufalia covers an area of 67.591 km2 while the municipal unit covers an area of 106,128 km2.

History

Koufalia is built north of the ancient city of Ichnae (IXNAI). Most of its population originates from the town of Kavakli in Bulgaria. They moved to the area after the 1919 signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between Greece and Bulgaria that forced a population exchange between the two countries. In return the mostly Bulgarian population of the village immigrated to Bulgaria, settling mainly on the Black Sea coast, in the area of Anchialos. The population called the city Koufalovo (). There are also Ntopioi and Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Thrace.

Culture

It has a number of cultural organisations, the main one being “Megas Alexandros” (Alexander the Great); it was founded in 1980. It has its own lending library as well as a blood bank for humanitarian purposes. Every year it organises the “River Party” on the banks of the Axios river, from 24–26 July, and religious festivals ().

References

References

  1. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
  2. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
  3. Municipality of Chalkidona. link
  4. Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 218-219
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