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Municipality in Greece

Aristotelis Αριστοτέλης
Municipality

AristotelisLocation within the region
Coordinates: 40°24′N 23°53′E / 40.400°N 23.883°E / 40.400; 23.883
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Chalkidiki
Area
• Municipality	747.0 km (288.4 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	16,964
• Density	23/km (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Aristotelis (Greek: Αριστοτέλης) is a municipality in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Ierissos. The municipality is named after the ancient philosopher Aristotle, whose birthplace, Stagira, lies within its bounds. The municipality also includes the area of the mining villages, known as Mademochoria. On the East, it borders the Monastic community of Mount Athos.

Municipality

The municipality Aristotelis was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

The municipality has an area of 747.015 km.

References

"Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Aristotelis at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Administrative division of the Central Macedonia Region
Area 18,811 km (7,263 sq mi) Population 1,882,108 (as of 2011) Municipalities 38 (since 2011) Capital Thessaloniki
Regional unit of Chalkidiki	Aristotelis Kassandra Nea Propontida Polygyros Sithonia
Regional unit of Imathia	Alexandreia Naousa Veria
Regional unit of Kilkis	Kilkis Paionia
Regional unit of Pella	Almopia Edessa Pella Skydra
Regional unit of Pieria	Dion-Olympos Katerini Pydna-Kolindros
Regional unit of Serres	Amfipoli Emmanouil Pappas Irakleia Nea Zichni Serres Sintiki Visaltia
Regional unit of Thessaloniki	Ampelokipoi-Menemeni Chalkidona Delta Kalamaria Kordelio-Evosmos Lagkadas Neapoli-Sykies Oraiokastro Pavlos Melas Pylaia-Chortiatis Thermaikos Thermi Thessaloniki Volvi
Regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas (since 2013, elected 2014 & 2019) Decentralized Administration Macedonia and Thrace

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Aristotelis
Municipal unit of Arnaia	Arnaia Neochori Palaiochori Stanos Varvara
Municipal unit of Panagia	Gomati Megali Panagia Pyrgadikia
Municipal unit of Stagira-Akanthos	Ammouliani Ierissos Nea Roda Olympiada Ouranoupoli Stagira Stratoni Stratoniki

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