title: Skydra
text: # Skydra
  
  Skydra (Greek: Σκύδρα, pronounced in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - Vertekop, Slavic: Вртикоп, Vrtikop) is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia in Greece.
  
  ## Municipality
  
  The municipality Skydra was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
  
  * Meniida
  * Skydra
  
  The municipality has an area of 239.525 $km^2,$ the municipal unit 120.963 $km^2.$
  
  ### Municipal unit of Skydra
  
  Division of the municipal unit Skidra with total population 15,613 (2011). The 11 communities of Skydra are:
  
  | Map | Municipal district | Population |
  | - | - | - |
  | Skidra |
  | Skidra | Skidra | 5,406 |
  | Skidra | Arseni | 1,396 |
  | Skidra | Aspro | 808 |
  | Skidra | Dafni | 679 |
  | Skidra | Kalyvia | 1,095 |
  | Skidra | Lipochori | 1,031 |
  | Skidra | Mavrovouni | 1,006 |
  | Skidra | Nea Zoi | 151 |
  | Skidra | Petraia (community) - Petraia (village) - Loutrochori - Plevroma | 1,637 - 918 - 458 - 261 |
  | Skidra | Rizo | 1,012 |
  | Skidra | Sevastiana | 1,392 |
  | Skidra | Municipal unit of Skydra | 15,613 |
  
  ## History
  
  In Skydra there is an ancient settlement in Mandalo. The foundations of a monumental building that probably was a temple of Zeus have been uncovered.
  
  ## Oral History
  
  Ioannis Chrissochoidis on Pontian Greeks settling in Skydra (1919-1940).
  
  ### Historical Population
  
  | Year | Town | Municipal unit | Municipality |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | 4,562 | 15,237 | - |
  | 2001 | 5,081 | 15,654 | - |
  | 2011 | 5,406 | 15,613 | 20,188 |
  
  ## Sporting teams
  
  The town hosts two football clubs:
  
  * Aetos Skydra F.C., plays in the Greek Football League 2
  * Nea Genia Skydras, plays in the fifth Division of Greece (amateur league of the Pella Football Clubs Association).
  
  In addition, Skydra has a volleyball team, Aristotelis Skydras V.C., which recently was promoted at the A2 Volleyball League.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Efthymis Koulouris
  * Olga Strantzali
  