Akritas

Akritas is a village situated in the municipal unit of of the municipality of , in the of , .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 245 residents
  • Description: village in Kilkis, Greece
  • Also known as: “Akritas, Kilkis” and “Vladaya”
  • Historically known as: “Vladagka” and “Vladánga”
  • Postal codes: 620 55 and 61003

Places of Interest

Highlights include Doirani railway station and Doiran Memorial.

Railway station
is a railway station that serves the nearby town of , in in , . The station is located 1.3 kilometres southeast of the settlement but still within the settlement limits. is situated 4 km northeast of Akritas.

Memorial
The is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial that is both a battlefield memorial and a memorial to the missing. It honours the dead of the British Salonika Force as well as commemorating by name the 2171 missing dead of that force who fell in fighting on the Macedonian front during the First World War in the period 1915–1918. is situated 3 km northeast of Akritas.

Cemetery
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is situated 3½ km northeast of Akritas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doirani and Dojran.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 pl.
is a town and 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 4 km north of Akritas.

Photo: Gorgidespodov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a touristic pearl in . It is made up of two fisherman's towns; Nov and Star , which contains both old ruins and recent construction, especially hotels, resorts and restaurants.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia. is situated 5 km southeast of Akritas.

Akritas

Latitude
41.14542° or 41° 8′ 44″ north
Longitude
22.74405° or 22° 44′ 39″ east
Population
245
Elevation
232 metres (761 feet)
Open location code
8GH44PWV+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 282735778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
736941
Wiki­data ID
Q21079939
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Akritas” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Акритас”
  • Bulgarian: “Владая” (historical)
  • Cebuano: “Akrítas”
  • French: “Akritas”
  • French: “Akrítas”
  • German: “Akritas”
  • Greek: “Ακρίτας Κιλκίς”
  • Greek: “Ακρίτας”
  • Greek: “Βλαδάγκα” (historical)
  • Macedonian: “Акритас”
  • Macedonian: “Владаја”
  • Russian: “Акритас”
  • Serbian: “Владаја (Грчка)”
  • Serbian: “Владаја”
  • Swedish: “Akrítas”

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