Polykastro
Polykastro is a town and a former municipality in Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paionia, of which it is a municipal unit, and the seat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,490 residents
- Description: town in Kilkis, Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Karasuli”, “Policastron”, “Políkastron”, and “Polýkastron”
- Historically known as: “Karasouli”, “Karasoúli”, and “Mavrosoúli”
- Postal codes: 612 00 and 61200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Axion Estin Church.
Axion Estin Church
Church
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Axion Estin Church is situated 3 km west of Polykastro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axioupolis and Latomeio.
Axioupolis
Town
Photo: Konstantinos Fotis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Axioupoli, known until 1927 as Boymitsa, is a small town and a former municipality in the former Paionia Province of Kilkis regional unit, Greek Macedonia. Axioupolis is situated 2½ km west of Polykastro.
Latomeio
Hamlet
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Latomeio is a small village of Polykastro municipal unit of the municipality of Paionia, Kilkis regional unit. Its inhabitants were 12 people in 2001 census. Latomeio is situated 5 km northeast of Polykastro.
Toumpa
Village
Photo: john melekidis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Toumpa is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Polykastro.
Polykastro
- Category: locality
- Location: Paionia, Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.99459° or 40° 59′ 41″ northLongitude
22.5721° or 22° 34′ 20″ eastPopulation
6,490Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR PLKOpen location code
8GG4XHVC+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 134416657OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Polykastro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بوليكاسترو”
- Armenian: “Պոլիկաստրոն”
- Asturian: “Polykastro”
- Bulgarian: “Ругуновец”
- Cebuano: “Polýkastro”
- Chinese: “波利卡斯特罗”
- Chinese: “波利卡斯特龙”
- Church Slavic: “Роугоуновьць”
- Dutch: “Polykastro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوليكاسترو”
- Finnish: “Polýkastro”
- French: “Karasouli”
- French: “Polikastro”
- French: “Polykastro”
- French: “Polýkastro”
- German: “Polykastro”
- Greek: “Καρασούλι” (historical)
- Greek: “Πολύκαστρο”
- Greek: “Πολύκαστρον”
- Hebrew: “פוליקסטרו”
- Italian: “Polykastro”
- Japanese: “ポリカストロ”
- Japanese: “ポリカストロン”
- Macedonian: “Кара Суле”
- Macedonian: “Карасуле”
- Macedonian: “Карасули”
- Macedonian: “Поликастро”
- Macedonian: “Ругуновец”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Polýkastro”
- Polish: “Polikastro”
- Pontic: “Καρασούλι”
- Russian: “Поликастрон”
- Serbian: “Polikastro”
- Serbian: “Поликастро”
- Serbian: “Ругуновец”
- Spanish: “Polikastro”
- Spanish: “Polykastro”
- Swedish: “Polýkastro”
- Turkish: “Karasulu”
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