Sochos
Sochos is a community and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit.- Type: Town with 3,110 residents
- Description: town in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Also known as: “Zokhós”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avgi and Kryoneri.
Avgi
Village
Avgi is a village of the Lagkadas municipality, northern Greece. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Sochos. The 2021 census recorded 267 inhabitants in the village. Avgi is a part of the community of Kryoneri. Avgi is situated 3½ km west of Sochos.
Kryoneri
Village
Kryoneri is a village and a community of the Lagkadas municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Sochos, of which it was a municipal district. Kryoneri is situated 6 km west of Sochos.
Askos
Village
Askos is a small mountain village in northern Greece, part of the municipality Lagkadas. It is located approximately 60 kilometers from Thessaloniki. The village is also known for the carnival of Sochos that is organized every year to advertise the wines and cheese that it produces. Askos is situated 8 km south of Sochos.
Sochos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lagkadas, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.81847° or 40° 49′ 7″ northLongitude
23.35528° or 23° 21′ 19″ eastPopulation
3,110Elevation
620 metres (2,034 feet)Open location code
8GG5R994+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 1827636455OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
734198Wikidata ID
Q2022196
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sochos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسكوس، ثيسالونيكي”
- Arabic: “سوخوس”
- Asturian: “Sochos”
- Bulgarian: “Сухо”
- Cebuano: “Sochós”
- Chinese: “索霍斯”
- Chinese: “薩洛尼基”
- Dutch: “Sochos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوخوس”
- Esperanto: “Soĥos (Σοχός)”
- Finnish: “Sochós”
- French: “Sochós”
- German: “Sochos”
- Greek: “Sochós”
- Greek: “Σοχός Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Greek: “Σοχός Λαγκαδά”
- Greek: “Σοχός”
- Greek: “Σωχός”
- Italian: “Sochos”
- Japanese: “ソホス”
- Macedonian: “Сухо”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sokhós”
- Persian: “سوچوز”
- Russian: “Сохос”
- Serbian: “Сухо (Грчка)”
- Serbian: “Сухо”
- Spanish: “Sochos”
- Swedish: “Sochós”
- Ukrainian: “Сохос”
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