Melissourgos

Community in Greece

Melissourgos Μελισσουργός
Community
40°35.9′N 23°28.5′E / 40.5983°N 23.4750°E / 40.5983; 23.4750
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Volvi
Municipal unit	Apollonia
Area
• Community	22.908 km² (8.845 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	318
• Density	14/km² (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	570 12
Area code(s)	+30-2393
Vehicle registration	NA to NX

Melissourgos (Greek: Μελισσουργός) is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality.^[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Apollonia, of which it was a municipal district.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 318 inhabitants in the village.^[1] The community of Melissourgos covers an area of 22.908 km².^[3]

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 160 Greek Christians and 136 Turks lived in the village in 1900.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "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.
^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 11. Written as "Лезикъ". (in Bulgarian)