Ossa
Ossa, known before 1926 as Vissoka, is a village and a community of the Lagkadas municipality, in Central Macedonia, Greece. After the 2011 local government reform it became part of the municipality of Vertiskos, of which is a municipal district of the general Lagkadas area.
- Type: Village with 835 residents
- Description: village in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Also known as: “Ossa, Thessaloniki”, “Vissóka”, “Vyssoka”, and “Βυσσώκα”
- Postal code: 57200
Places of Interest
Highlights: Double house of Chatzis and Church of Pammegiston Taxiarchon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galini and Pente Vryses.
Galini
Hamlet
Galini is a village of the Lagkadas municipality. Galini is situated 3 km west of Ossa.
Pente Vryses
Village
Pente Vryses is a village in the municipality of Lagkadas in Central Macedonia, Greece. Pente Vryses is situated 5 km southwest of Ossa.
Vertiskos
Village
Vertiskos, known before 1927 as Berovo, is a village… Vertiskos is situated 6 km north of Ossa.
Ossa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lagkadas, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.83733° or 40° 50′ 14″ north
Longitude
23.20479° or 23° 12′ 17″ east
Population
835
Elevation
622 metres (2,041 feet)
Open location code
8GG5R6P3+WW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Ossa” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Висока”
- Dutch: “Ossa, Thessaloniki”
- French: “Óssa”
- Greek: “Όσσα Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Greek: “Όσσα”
- Irish: “Ossa”
- Macedonian: “Висока”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Óssa i Thessaloníki”
- Russian: “Осса”
- Serbian: “Висока (Грчка)”
- Serbian: “Висока”
- Ukrainian: “Осса”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Λαογραφική Συλλογή Όσσας and Saint Kyranna church.
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