Nea Moudania
City in Macedonia, GreeceNea Moudania (Greek: Νέα Μουδανιά, Néa Moudaniá; often referred to as Moudania, the name of the municipal unit to which the town belongs, is the seat of the municipality of Nea Propontida, Chalkidiki, Greece. The town is 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is the financial and commercial center of Chalkidiki, as well as its most populous town. It was built after 1922 by Greek refugees from Asia Minor who wanted to give the settlement the name of their hometown, hence the addition of the word nea, which means new in Greek. Nea Moudania hosts the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. The town's harbor serves as Thessaloniki's adjuvant.
Read article
Top Questions
AI generatedMore questions
Nearby Places
Battle of Spartolos
Peloponnesian War battle, 429 BC between Athens and the Chalcidian League and their allies
Battle of Potidaea
Battle between Athens and Corinth (432 BC)
Potidaea
Colony founded by the Corinthians around 600 BC
Cassandreia
City in Ancient Macedonia
Moudania (municipal unit)
Municipal unit in Greece
Nea Poteidaia
Village in Greece
Nea Propontida
Municipality in Greece
Agios Mamas, Chalkidiki
Community in Greece