Vamvakia
Vamvakia is a village of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Rentina. The 2021 census recorded 150 inhabitants in the village. Vamvakia is a part of the community of Volvi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 252 residents
- Description: village in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Also known as: “Vamvakia, Thessaloniki”
- Postal code: 57014
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rendina Castle.
Rendina Castle
Castle
Photo: Kostas Chaidemenos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rendina Castle is situated 4 km south of Vamvakia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rentina and Vrasna.
Rentina
Village
Photo: Hannibal21, CC BY 3.0.
Rentina is a village and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been a municipal unit within the municipality of Volvi. Rentina is situated 3½ km south of Vamvakia.
Vrasna
Village
Vrasna is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Agios Georgios. Vrasna is situated 4 km northeast of Vamvakia.
Mikra Volvi
Village
Mikra Volvi is a village of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Rentina. The 2021 census recorded 478 inhabitants in the village. Mikra Volvi is a part of the community of Volvi. Mikra Volvi is situated 4½ km west of Vamvakia.
Vamvakia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Volvi, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.68919° or 40° 41′ 21″ northLongitude
23.6099° or 23° 36′ 36″ eastPopulation
252Elevation
141 metres (463 feet)Open location code
8GG5MJQ5+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1827734113OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
733957Wikidata ID
Q12274564
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Serbian—“Vamvakia” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Вамвакия (дем Бешичко езеро)”
- Bulgarian: “Вамвакия”
- Dutch: “Vamvakia, Thessaloniki”
- French: “Vamvakiá (Thessalonique)”
- French: “Vamvakia”
- French: “Vamvakiá”
- German: “Vamvakia”
- Greek: “Vamvakiá”
- Greek: “Βαμβακιά Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Greek: “Βαμβακιά”
- Irish: “Vamvakia”
- Macedonian: “Бамбакеш”
- Russian: “Вамвакия”
- Serbian: “Вамвакија”
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