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Pydna

Pydna (/ˈpɪdnə/; Greek: Πύδνα, Pýdna) is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern part of Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pydna-Kolindros, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 105.059 km2, the community 41.334 km2.[3] Pydna is situated in fertile land close to the Thermaic Gulf coast. The main village of the former municipality is Kitros. It lies 6 km north of Korinos, 8 km south of Methoni and 13 km northeast of Katerini. Motorway 1 and the Piraeus–Platy railway (nearest station at Korinos) pass east of the village.

This article is about the modern municipal unit of Pydna. For other uses, see Pydna-Kolindros, Pydna (missile base), Pydna (moth), and Ancient Pydna.

Pydna
Πύδνα

105.59 km2 (40.77 sq mi)

41.334 km2 (15.959 sq mi)

78 m (256 ft)

2,591

25/km2 (64/sq mi)

1,085

26/km2 (68/sq mi)

600 64

23510

List of settlements in the Pieria regional unit

Danoff, R. (1965), "Pydna", RE (in German), vol. Suppl. X, pp. 833–842.

; et al. (1876), Mission Archéologique de Macédoine (in French), Paris, pp. 239–266{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

Heuzey, Léon