Pylaia

Pylaia is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the , and Pylaia became a part of the new municipality of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 34,600 residents
  • Description: suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Also known as: Kapoutsídhes”, “Kaputzida”, “Kaputzides”, “Pilaía”, “Strefa”, “Stréfa”, and “Strepsa
  • Postal code: 55535
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prophet Elias Church and Roman Bridge.

Church

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Pitch
The or Charilaou Ground is a in , . It was built in 1951 as the home stadium of Aris, one of the most popular football clubs in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charilaou and Depot.

Suburb
is a district in eastern , Greece. The district was named after the banker and entrepreneur Epameinontas Charilaos, the landowner in the area, who had origins from the of Thrace.

Suburb
is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of Pylaia.

Suburb
Triandria is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the , , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 3 km northwest of Pylaia.

Pylaia

Latitude
40.60125° or 40° 36′ 5″ north
Longitude
22.98668° or 22° 59′ 12″ east
Population
34,600
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR PLA
Open location code
8GG4JX2P+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 146292121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
734643
Wiki­data ID
Q1637671
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Pylaia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بيلايا
  • Arabic: بيليا، ثيسالونيكي
  • Bulgarian: Пилеа
  • Cebuano: Pylaía
  • Chinese: 皮莱阿
  • Chinese: 皮萊亞
  • Dutch: Pylaia
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيلايا
  • Finnish: Pylaía
  • French: Pyléa
  • German: Pylaia
  • German: Pylea
  • Greek: Καπουτζήδα
  • Greek: Καπουτζήδες
  • Greek: Πυλαία Θεσσαλονίκης
  • Greek: Πυλαία
  • Greek: Στρέφα
  • Greek: Στρέψα
  • Hungarian: Piléa
  • Irish: Pylaia
  • Italian: Pylaia
  • Japanese: ピライア
  • Japanese: ピレア
  • Lithuanian: Pilėja
  • Macedonian: Капуџилар
  • Macedonian: Пилеја
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pylaia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pyléa
  • Persian: پیلا
  • Polish: Pilea
  • Polish: Pylaia
  • Romanian: Pylaia
  • Russian: Пилеа
  • Russian: Пилея
  • Serbian: Капуџилар
  • Serbian: Пилаја
  • Swedish: Pylaía
  • Ukrainian: Пілеа
  • Ukrainian: Пілея
  • Urdu: پیلایا

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Highlights include Δημαρχείο Πυλαίας and Αστυνομικό Τμήμα Πυλαίας.

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