Kalamaria

The minicipality of Kalamaria is located in the East and South East part of the city of Thessaloniki. Kalamaria was one of the gates of the walls surrounding Thessaloniki in old times and the name is possibly a paraphrase of the term kali meria (the good side).

It was in 1943 that the Municipality was first founded. It covers a total extent of 7.200.000 the place is perimetrically surrounded by the sea. The inhabitants are mainly refugees from the areas of Caucasus, the Black sea, Asia Minor, Consatantinople and Eastern Thrace. The Municipality is divided in ten regions and some of them 

The cultural activities deal with either the efforts to maintain the cultural heritage or with modern cultural initiatives in different aspects like Music, Ecology, theatre perfomances, Radio broadcasting, printing a school paper, photography, psychological support, general information about social problems. Of special significance is the functioning since 1984 of a Municipal Youth Council, where the schools, clubs, groups, etc. are represented after the process of an election.