Paliouri (Greek: Παλιούρι, pronounced [paˈʎuri]) is a village and a community in the peninsula of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece. It is situated between low mountains near the southeasternmost tip of the peninsula, Cape Paliouri. The community includes the small villages Agios Nikolaos and Xyna. Paliouri is 2 km from the sea, 5 km east of Agia Paraskevi and 7 km southeast of Pefkochori. Near the modern village is the site of the ancient city of Theramvos, which survived until Roman times as a village dependent administratively of the Roman colony of Cassandreia.[2]
Paliouri
Παλιούρι | |
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 Sunrise at Paliouri | |
  Paliouri | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′N 23°40′E / 39.933°N 23.667°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Chalkidiki |
| Municipality | Kassandra |
| Municipal unit | Pallini |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 852 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΧΚ |
Population
edit| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 663 | - |
| 1991 | 657 | - |
| 2001 | 788 | 826 |
| 2011 | 820 | 831 |
| 2021 | 848 | 852 |
See also
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edit- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ D. Samsaris,The Roman Colony of Cassandreia in Macedonia (Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis), Dodona 16(1), 1987, 383.
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- Paliouri Kassandra Halkidiki (in Greek)