Gallikos
Municipal unit in Greece
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Gallikos (Greek: Γαλλικός) is a village and a former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 149.054 km2.[3] Population 6,343 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in the village of Kampanis.
Gallikos
Γαλλικός | |
|---|---|
Location within the regional unit | |
  Gallikos | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′N 22°53′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kilkis |
| Municipality | Kilkis |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 149.1 km2 (57.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 4,906 |
| • Municipal unit density | 32.90/km2 (85.22/sq mi) |
| • Community | 794 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 611 00 |
| Area code | 23410 |
| Vehicle registration | NI, ΚΙ* |
| Website | gallikos.gr |
The municipality Gallikos was created after 13 small villages in the area south of the city of Kilkis merged in the late 1990s when the Greek government implemented its Kapodistrias[4] project to fuse - and thus limit the number of - local authorities in the country.
Subdivisions
The following villages are part of the municipal unit:
Transport
The village is served by Gallikos railway station on the Thessaloniki–Alexandroupoli line.[5]
