Kalindria
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Kalindria
Καλίνδρια | |
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Settlement | |
_-_Kilindir_(anciennement)_;_Kalindria_(actuellement)_-_Médiathèque_de_l'architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APOR057898.jpg) The railway station photographed by the French Army in July 1916 | |
 Location within the regional unit | |
  Kalindria | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′51.01″N 22°47′23.79″E / 41.1141694°N 22.7899417°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kilkis |
| Municipality | Kilkis |
| Municipal unit | Cherso |
| Community | Cherso |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 98 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 611 00 |
| Area code | +30 23410 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΙ |
Kalindria (Greek: Καλίνδρια, old name: Greek: Κιλινδίρ Kilindir Bulgarian: Крондирци Krondirtsi) is a village in the Kilkis region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia.
The village is located 18 km north of Kilkis on the road to Doiran Lake and Rodopoli, Serres. Cherso is 3 km to the south, and Plagia, Kilkis is 5 km to the west.
The terrain around Kalindria is hilly to the northeast, but to the southwest it is flat. [a] The highest point in the vicinity is 537 metres above sea level, 6.6 km northeast of Kalindria. [b] Around Kalíndria it is quite sparsely populated, with 40 inhabitants per square kilometre.[3] The nearest major community is Kilkis, 15.2 km southeast of Kalindria. The area around Kalindria consists mostly of agricultural land.[4]
The climate in the area is temperate . Average annual temperature in the neighbourhood is 15 °C . The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is 28 °C, and the coldest is December, with 2 °C.[5] Average annual rainfall is 984 millimetres. The wettest month is February, with an average of 137 mm of precipitation, and the driest is August, with 32 mm of precipitation.[6]
The old name of the village, from the Turkish occupation, was Kilindir and with this name it is mentioned in 1919 in the Government Gazette 48A-05/03/1919 to be annexed to the then community of Kilindir. In 1926 it was renamed Kalindria and in 1934 it was detached from the prefecture of Thessaloniki to the prefecture of Kilkis.[7] According to the Kallikratis plan, this village, together with Eleftherochori, Iliolousto and Cherso constitute the local community of Cherso which belongs to the municipal unit of Cherso of the municipality of Kilkis. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 98 permanent residents.[1]