Stagira-Akanthos is a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in Chalkidiki, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aristotelis

Aristotelis (municipality)

Aristotelis is a municipality in the Chalkidiki peripheral unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Ierissos. The municipality is named after the ancient philosopher Aristotle, whose birthplace, Stageira, lies within its bounds....

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 8,781 (2001). The seat of the former municipality was in Ierissos, which is also the seat of the municipality Aristotelis. The land area of the municipal unit is 253.373 km². It lies north of the autonomous area of Mount Athos

Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...

. The Greek philosopher

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 Aristotle

Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...

 was born in the ancient city of Stageira

Stageira

Stageira was an ancient Greek city on the Chalkidiki peninsula and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle. The city lies approximately 8 kilometres north northeast of the present-day village of Stagira, close to the town of Olympiada....

, in the northwest part of the municipal unit.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Stagira-Akanthos is subdivided into the following communities:

• Ammouliani
  Ammouliani
  Ammouliani - also known as Amoliani - is an island located in the Chalkidiki prefecture, Greece, 120 km from Thessaloniki. Administratively it is part of the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos. The 2001 census reported a population of 542 inhabitants, making it one of the most populous islands in...
  
  
• Ierissos
• Nea Roda
  Nea Roda
  Nea Roda is a village located 115 km southeast of Thessaloniki, on the narrowest point of the Athos peninsula in the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Greece.-Ancient history:...
  
  
• Olympiada
• Ouranoupoli
• Stagira
  Stagira
  Stagira is a Greek village lying on a picturesque plateau on the Chalcidice peninsula, and standing at the foot of the Argirolofos hill. The village stands approximately 8 kilometers south southwest of the ancient Stageira, the birthplace of Aristotle, and a statue of him stands in it. In Byzantine...
  
  
• Stratoniki
  Stratonicea (Chalcidice)
  Stratonicea was an ancient city of Hellenistic foundation on the west coast of the Akte peninsula , a few km northwest of Cleonae; its site is at the modern village of Stratoni, Chalkidiki, Greece...
  
  
• Stratoni

External links

• Official website