Plagia, Kilkis

Plagia Πλαγιά
Community
The church photographed by the French Army in August 1916
Plagia Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°06′13.08″N 22°50′49.24″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Kilkis
Municipality	Kilkis
Municipal unit	Cherso
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	615
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	610 02
Area code(s)	+30 23410
Vehicle registration	ΚΙ

Plagia (Greek: Πλαγιά, old name: Greek: Ουσουσλού Ususlu / Boguklu) is a village and a community in the Kilkis region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia. The community consists of the villages Plagia, Koromilia and Agia Kyriaki.

Geography

The village is located 15 km north of Kilkis in the Thessaloniki plain. Cherso is 6 km to the west, and Koromilia is 3 km to the south, with Milochori 4 km to the east.

The terrain around Plagia is hilly to the northeast, but to the southwest it is flat. [a] The highest point nearby is 438 metres above sea level, 1.5 km east of Plagia. [b] Around Plagia it is quite sparsely populated, with 40 inhabitants per square kilometre. [3] The nearest major community is Kilkis , 12.6 km south of Plagia. The area around Plagia consists mostly of agricultural land. [4]

The climate in the area is temperate . Average annual temperature in the neighbourhood is 15 °C . The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is 28 °C, and the coldest is December, with 2 °C. [5] Average annual rainfall is 984 millimetres. The wettest month is February, with an average of 137 mm of precipitation , and the driest is August, with 32 mm of precipitation. [6]

History

Notes and citations

Notes

1. Calculated from the variance in all elevation data (DEM 3 ") from Viewfinder Panoramas, within 10 km radius.[2] sv:Lsjbot-algoritmnot
2. Calculated from height data (DEM 3 ") from Viewfinder Panoramas.[2]

Citations

1. "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. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
3. "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
4. "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.