Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki
Pylaia-Chortiatis

Asvestochórion

Asvestochori is a small town and a community of the . Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of , of which it was a municipal district.
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  • Type: Town with 6,700 residents
  • Description: town in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece
  • Also known as: “Asvestochori”, “Asvestochóri”, “Asvestochori, Thessaloniki”, and “Kireçköy”
  • Postal code: 57010

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Georgios and Kiretchkioi - Hortakioi WWI Military Cemetery.

Church
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is a church.

Cemetery
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is situated 2½ km southeast of Asvestochórion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Exochi and Pefka.

Village
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is a village and a community of the . Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of , of which it was a municipal district.

Suburb
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or Retziki is a suburb and 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 3½ km northwest of Asvestochórion.

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 5 km southwest of Asvestochórion.

Asvestochórion

Latitude
40.64118° or 40° 38′ 28″ north
Longitude
23.02582° or 23° 1′ 33″ east
Population
6,700
Elevation
357 metres (1,171 feet)
Open location code
8GG5J2RG+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303652903
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
736687
Wiki­data ID
Q3394321
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Asvestochórion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أسبيستوخوري”
  • Arabic: “أسفيستوكوريون، ثيسالونيكي”
  • Asturian: “Asvestochori, Thessaloniki”
  • Bulgarian: “Асвестохори”
  • Bulgarian: “Асвестохорион”
  • Bulgarian: “Варово”
  • Bulgarian: “Киречкьой”
  • Bulgarian: “Киречно”
  • Bulgarian: “Ново село”
  • Bulgarian: “Пейзаново”
  • Cebuano: “Asvestochóri”
  • Dutch: “Asvestochori, Thessaloniki”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسبيستوخورى”
  • Esperanto: “Asvestoĥorio”
  • Finnish: “Asvestochóri”
  • French: “Asvestochóri”
  • French: “Kirck”
  • French: “Kirec”
  • Greek: “Ασβεστοχώρι Θεσσαλονίκης”
  • Greek: “Ασβεστοχώρι”
  • Greek: “Ασβεστοχώριον Θεσσαλονίκης”
  • Greek: “Ασβεστοχώριον”
  • Greek: “Κιρέτς Κιόι”
  • Greek: “Νεοχώρι”
  • Greek: “Νόβα Σελ”
  • Macedonian: “Авестохори”
  • Macedonian: “Варово”
  • Macedonian: “Киреч Ќој”
  • Macedonian: “Пејзаново”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asvestokhóri”
  • Serbian: “Пејзаново”
  • Swedish: “Asvestochóri”
  • Turkish: “Kireç Kjoj”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Asvestochórion”. Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.