Melissochori
Melissochori, known before 1926 as Baldzha, is a village and a community of the Oraiokastro municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Mygdonia, of which it was a municipal district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 3,290 residents
- Description: town in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece
- Also known as: “Baltza”, “Báltza”, “Melissochori, Thessaloniki”, and “Melissokhórion”
- Postal code: 57018
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drymos and Monolofo.
Drymos
Town
Drymos, known before 1926 as Dremiglava, is a village and a community of the Oraiokastro municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Mygdonia, of which it was a municipal district. Drymos is situated 3 km northeast of Melissochori.
Monolofo
Village
Monolofo is a village of the Oraiokastro municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Kallithea. The 2021 census recorded 307 inhabitants in the village. Monolofo is a part of the community of Mesaio. Monolofo is situated 4½ km northwest of Melissochori.
Liti
Town
Photo: Trojkavrv123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liti is a town, which is situated 5 km southeast of Melissochori.
Melissochori
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Oraiokastro, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.768° or 40° 46′ 5″ northLongitude
22.92857° or 22° 55′ 43″ eastPopulation
3,290Elevation
221 metres (725 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR MKNOpen location code
8GG4QW9H+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 1833817688OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Melissochori” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميليسوكوريون، ثيسالونيكي”
- Arabic: “ميليسوكوريون”
- Asturian: “Melissochori, Thessaloniki”
- Bulgarian: “Балджа”
- Cebuano: “Melissochóri”
- Dutch: “Melissochori, Thessaloniki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميليسوكوريون”
- Finnish: “Melissochóri”
- French: “Melissochórion”
- Greek: “Μελισσοχώρι Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Greek: “Μελισσοχώρι”
- Greek: “Μελισσοχώριον”
- Greek: “Μπάλτζα”
- Irish: “Melissochori”
- Macedonian: “Балџа”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melissokhóri”
- Russian: “Мелисохорион”
- Russian: “Меллисохори (бывш.Балджа)”
- Serbian: “Балџа”
- Swedish: “Melissochóri”
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