What is Nea Moudania?
[[File:Nea Moudania Chalkidiki Greece - Locator Map.png|thumb|Location of Nea Moudania]] '''Nea Moudania''' (sometimes referred simply as '''Moudania''') is a [[Greece|Greek]] city in the region of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] located in [[Chalcidice]] and it is also the capital of [[Nea Moudania Municipality]]. The city's population is 6.475 inhabitants and the municipality's population is 17.032 inhabitants according to the 2001 [[census]]. It is a very important city because it is one of the most powerful cities in fishing with [[Nea Michaniona]] in [[Central Macedonia]]. ==History== '''Nea Moudania''' was built in [[1922]] by some emigres of [[Asia Minor]] ([[Anatolia]]). These people used to live in the city of ''Moudania'' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: [[Mudanya]]) and started being farmers or fishers. They were forced to leave their homes after the '''Treaty of Lausanne'''. They first came in [[1923]] and they developed their town quickly and became a big turistic place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kassandra.in-chalkidiki.com/nea_moudania.htm |title=Location and history of Moudania |access-date=2009-12-29 |archive-date=2015-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214003020/http://kassandra.in-chalkidiki.com/nea_moudania.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cities in Greece]]