Taksiarchis
Taxiárchis is a village located near Mount Holomontas in Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Locals are involved in the cultivation of firs for the Greek Christmas tree market. The chapel of Agia Paraskevi is located in the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,070 residents
- Description: village in Chalkidiki, Greece
- Also known as: “Taxiarchis”, “Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki”, and “Taxiárkhis”
- Historically known as: “Likóvi”
- Address: Ταξιάρχης Χαλκιδικής, 63100
- Postal code: 63100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kholomon Oros.
Kholomon Oros
Peak
Photo: Christaras A, CC BY 3.0.
Cholomon or Cholomondas is a mountain in Central Macedonia, Greece, that covers almost all of central and east Chalkidiki. The ancient Greeks called the mountain Ypsison. Kholomon Oros is situated 4 km north of Taksiarchis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polygyros and Arnaia.
Polygyros
Town
Photo: Olympus C-220 Zoom, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Polygyros is a town and municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is the capital of Chalkidiki. Polygyros is situated 9 km southwest of Taksiarchis.
Arnaia
Town
Photo: PatridgesonGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arnaia is a town and a former municipality in Chalkidiki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aristotelis, of which it is a municipal unit. Arnaia is situated 9 km northeast of Taksiarchis.
Taksiarchis
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.42505° or 40° 25′ 30″ northLongitude
23.5219° or 23° 31′ 19″ eastPopulation
1,070Elevation
666 metres (2,185 feet)Open location code
8GG5CGGC+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 296381508OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
734108Wikidata ID
Q3562056
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Taksiarchis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تاكسياركيس، هالكيديكي”
- Arabic: “تاكسياركيس”
- Bulgarian: “Таксиархис”
- Cebuano: “Taxiárchis”
- Dutch: “Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تاكسياركيس”
- Finnish: “Taxiárchis”
- French: “Taxiárchis”
- German: “Taxiarchis”
- Greek: “Taxiárchis”
- Greek: “Λούκοβη” (historical)
- Greek: “Ταξιάρχης Χαλκιδικής”
- Greek: “Ταξιάρχης”
- Macedonian: “Луково (Касандра)”
- Macedonian: “Луково”
- Persian: “تاکسیارکیس”
- Russian: “Тахиархис”
- Serbian: “Таксиархис”
- Swedish: “Taxiárchis”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Taksiarchis”. Photo: Anton Lefterov, CC BY-SA 3.0.