Gefyra
Gefyra is a village and a community of the Chalkidona municipality, about 20 km northwest from Thessaloniki. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Agios Athanasios, of which it was a municipal district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Panosfx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Panosfx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 3,050 residents
- Description: town in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece
- Also known as: “Gefyra, Thessaloniki”, “Topsin”, and “Yéfira”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balkan Wars Museum.
Balkan Wars Museum
Museum
Photo: Panosfx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Balkan Wars Museum is a museum in Gefyra, west of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, dedicated to the Balkan Wars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Athanasios and Vathylakkos.
Agios Athanasios
Town
Photo: Epalagathan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Athanasios is a town and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Chalkidona Municipality, of which it is a municipal unit. Agios Athanasios is situated 3½ km southeast of Gefyra.
Vathylakkos
Town
Vathylakkos is a village and a community of the Chalkidona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Agios Athanasios, of which it was a municipal district. Vathylakkos is situated 4½ km north of Gefyra.
Valtochori
Village
Valtochori is a village and a community of the Chalkidona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Chalkidona, of which it was a municipal district. Valtochori is situated 5 km west of Gefyra.
Gefyra
- Categories: town, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Chalkidona, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.73223° or 40° 43′ 56″ northLongitude
22.6939° or 22° 41′ 38″ eastPopulation
3,050Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR GEFOpen location code
8GG4PMJV+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3213022793OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Gefyra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ييفيرا، ثيسالونيكي”
- Arabic: “ييفيرا”
- Armenian: “Գեֆիրա”
- Asturian: “Gefyra, Thessaloniki”
- Bulgarian: “Топчиево”
- Bulgarian: “Топчиово”
- Cebuano: “Géfyra”
- Dutch: “Gefyra, Thessaloniki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ييفيرا”
- Finnish: “Géfyra (Thessaloniki)”
- Finnish: “Géfyra”
- French: “Gefira”
- French: “Gefyra”
- French: “Géfyra”
- French: “Topçin”
- Greek: “Géfyra”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα”
- Greek: “Τοψίν”
- Greek: “Τόψιν”
- Irish: “Gefyra”
- Macedonian: “Гефира”
- Macedonian: “Топчиево”
- Macedonian: “Топчин”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jéfyra i Thessaloníki”
- Russian: “Ефира”
- Russian: “Эфира”
- Serbian: “Топчијево”
- Swedish: “Géfyra”
- Turkish: “Topsín”
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