Xirochori

Xirochori (Greek: Ξηροχώρι, before 1926: Γιόρδινον - Giordinon,^[1] ) is a community and a village in the municipal unit of Agios Athanasios in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The community is 25 km north-northwest of downtown Thessaloniki.

The community consists of two villages: Xirochori and Baleika. According to the 2001 census, it has a total population of 680 with the village of Xirochori having 647 of those and Baleika 33.

References

↑ Name changes of settlements in Greece

Subdivisions of the municipality of Chalkidona

Municipal unit of Agios Athanasios	Agios Athanasios Anchialos Gefyra Nea Mesimvria Vathylakkos Xirochori

Municipal unit of Chalkidona	Adendro Chalkidona Eleousa Mikro Monastiri Partheni Valtochori

Municipal unit of Koufalia	Koufalia Prochoma

Coordinates: 40°48′11″N 22°46′48″E / 40.803°N 22.780°E / 40.803; 22.780

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