Pefkochori

Pefkochori or Pefkohori (Greek, Modern: Πευκοχώρι, Katharevousa: -on meaning "pine town), older forms: Pefkochorion and Pefkohorio is a touristic town located in the southeast of the peninsula of Cassandreia and Halkidiki (also a prefecture) in Greece. Pefkochori is named after the pine trees which are abundant in the mountains of the area. The population in 2001 was 1,668 for the town and 1,655 for the municipal district, the elevation is 10 m. Nea Skioni is located around 110 km SE of Thessaloniki. Forests dominate the area around the mountainous areas of Pefkochori.

ubdivisions

*Lefkes [2001 pop: 15]
*Panorama, abandoned

Nearest places

*Nea Skioni?
*Paliouri?

Geography

Pefkochori is situated by the Aegean Sea, farmlands are within the coastline as well as residential areas, tourist attractions and others, the mountains covers the rest of the area.

Information

The most famous that is not just its natural beauty is that tourism dominates the industry and has a beach, hotels, spas, restaurants, taverns, etc. The most infamous was that on August 26, 2006, a forest fire ravaged Pefkochori and devastated much of the forests and buildings in the outskirts of the area. Several houses and villas were burnt. Hydro was snapped out and roads were closed. All residents were to be evacuated as well as tourists who were to leave the area.

Paliouri was linked with pavement in the mid-20th century and generated a growth on tourism, hydro and phone lines soon followed as well as more paved roads in the 1980s. The population growths in the later part of the 20th century and recent years generated by tourism and had a low unemployment rate during these times, the growth in percentage slowed but not in numbers and rare continued but made its rural settlement Panorama abandoned due to emigration to other parts of northern Greece and the world as well as parts of the rural areas in the 20th century.

Population

Other

Pefkochori has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a secondary school (gymnasio), churches and a few squares ("plateies").

External links

*http://www.pefkohorivillage.com/
* [http://www.kripis.gr/active~mode~el%7Bf801ea2e-f410-4108-8213-177e1b3a6f56%7DView.html About Paliouri]

ee also

*List of settlements in the Chalkidiki prefecture