Eleftherio-Kordelio

Eleftherio-Kordelio ( _el. Ελευθέριο Κορδελιό) is a municipal suburb on the western edge of the Thessaloniki metropolitan area in Greece. It was founded in 1924 by Greek refugees from the town of Kordelio on the west coast of Asia Minor (now Turkey). Eleftherio-Kordelio covers an area of 3,75 km² with around 21.630 inhabitants as of 2001. It's the stronghold of the nationalist LAOS Party that reached 10.25% of the municipal votes in the 2004 European Elections. The culture of the municipality has been influenced by the Sarakatsani, a tribe of Greek nomads that lived in several rural parts of the southern Balkans, who came to Eleftherio-Kordelio in the 1960s.

External links

* [http://www.eleftherio-kordelio.gr Official Website of the Municipality]