Polygyros
Polygyros is a town and municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is the capital of Chalkidiki. Polygyros has about 5,040 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,040 residents
- Description: town in Central Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Pilíyiros”, “Políyiros”, and “Polýgyros”
- Address: Πολύγυρος, 63100
- Postal code: 63100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agios Nikolaos Church and Archeological Museum Polygyros.
Archeological Museum Polygyros
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Polygyros is a museum in Polygyros, Chalkidiki, in Greece. The museum is located in Iroou Square in the town centre and displays representative archaeological finds from all over Chalkidiki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taksiarchis.
Taksiarchis
Village
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. Taksiarchis is situated 9 km northeast of Polygyros.
Polygyros
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Polygyros, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.37804° or 40° 22′ 41″ northLongitude
23.44255° or 23° 26′ 33″ eastPopulation
5,040Elevation
523 metres (1,716 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR POLOpen location code
8GG59CHV+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 135818727OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Polygyros” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوليغيروس”
- Armenian: “Պոլիհիրոս”
- Asturian: “Polygyros”
- Bulgarian: “Полигирос”
- Cebuano: “Polýgyros”
- Chinese: “波利伊罗斯”
- Croatian: “Poligiros”
- Danish: “Polygyros”
- Dutch: “Polygyros”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوليجيروس”
- Estonian: “Polýgyros”
- Finnish: “Polýgyros”
- French: “Polygyros”
- French: “Polýgyros”
- German: “Polygyros”
- Greek: “Polýgyros”
- Greek: “Πολύγυρος Χαλκιδικής”
- Greek: “Πολύγυρος”
- Hebrew: “פוליגירוס”
- Italian: “Polygyros”
- Japanese: “ポリギロス”
- Korean: “폴리이로스”
- Latin: “Polygyrus”
- Lithuanian: “Poligyras”
- Macedonian: “Полигеро”
- Macedonian: “Полигирос”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Polýjyros”
- Persian: “پلیگیروس”
- Polish: “Polijiros”
- Portuguese: “Polígiros”
- Romanian: “Polygyros”
- Russian: “Полигирос”
- Russian: “Полийирос”
- Serbian: “Poligiros”
- Serbian: “Деригово”
- Serbian: “Полигирос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Poligiros”
- Slovenian: “Poligiros”
- Spanish: “Poligiros”
- Spanish: “Polígiros”
- Swedish: “Polygyros”
- Turkish: “Polyoroz”
- Ukrainian: “Поліїрос”
- Vietnamese: “Polygyros”
- Waray (Philippines): “Polygyros”
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