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Aristotelis (municipality)

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Country
  
Greece

Regional unit
  
Chalkidiki

Area
  
739.9 km²

Administrative region
  
Central Macedonia

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Wednesday 11:28 AM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 90% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Aristotle's Park, ancient Stageira, Olympiada beach, Megali Ammos Beach

Aristotelis (Greek: Αριστοτέλης) is a municipality in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Ierissos. The municipality is named after the ancient philosopher Aristotle, whose birthplace, Stagira, lies within its bounds. The municipality also includes the area of the mining villages, known as Mademochoria.

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Map of Aristotelis, Greece

Municipality

The municipality Aristotelis was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

  • Arnaia
  • Panagia
  • Stagira-Akanthos

    • The municipality has an area of 747.015 km2.

    References

    Aristotelis (municipality) Wikipedia
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