Gallikos

Gallikos (Greek: Γαλλικός) is a village and a former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 149.054 km2. Population 6,343 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in the village of Kampanis.

Gallikos
Γαλλικός
Municipal unit
Gallikos
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°52′N 22°53′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitKilkis
MunicipalityKilkis
Area
  Municipal unit149.1 km2 (57.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Municipal unit
4,906
  Municipal unit density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
  Community
794
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
611 00
Area code(s)23410
Vehicle registrationNI, ΚΙ*
Websitegallikos.gr

The municipality Gallikos was created after 13 small villages in the area south of the city of Kilkis merged in the late 1990s when the Greek government implemented its Kapodistrias project to fuse - and thus limit the number of - local authorities in the country.

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