Karteres

Coordinates: 40°54.55′N 23°4.95′E / 40.90917°N 23.08250°E / 40.90917; 23.08250
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Karteres
Καρτερές
Karteres is located in Greece
Karteres
Karteres
Coordinates: 40°54.55′N 23°4.95′E / 40.90917°N 23.08250°E / 40.90917; 23.08250
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitThessaloniki
MunicipalityLagkadas
Municipal unitLachanas
Area
 • Community83.719 km2 (32.324 sq mi)
Elevation
551 m (1,808 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community549
 • Density6.6/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
570 17
Area code(s)+30-2394
Vehicle registrationNA to NX

Karteres (Greek: Καρτερές) is a village and a community of the Lagkadas municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Lachanas, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 549 inhabitants in the community of Karteres.[1] The community of Karteres covers an area of 83.719 km.[3]

The name Karteres or Karterai came up from its inhabitants were immigrants from Eastern Rumelia (Thracians) after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey events in 1923, also the name Karteres comes from the greek word Kartero (Καρτερώ, greek IPA /kaɾ.tɛˈɾɔ/) means that "I'm waiting" or ”I'm waiting for something unbearably", it's from the patience "the karteri" (το καρτέρι) of the inhabitants to come back to their ancestor's lands in Eastern Rumelia.

Administrative division[edit]

The community of Karteres consists of four separate settlements:[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.