Nea Moudania

The refugees, Greek citizens from the coast-line of "Propontida", in 1922, after the "Asia Minor catastrophy", whilst searching for a new land-imagining the symbol of an anchor reached the west coast of Halkidiki, the area of "Kargi Limani" and established their new town.

A unique landscape, a natural gulf and some buildings were the inspiration and the motive for the future development of a seaside lifestyle and of commercial activities.Olive-trees' hills and fertile plains; sea and land; pictures of a rare beauty. These refugees, absolutely capable as sailors or merchants, created a new, lively and productive place. Their main interests were fishing, agriculture, viniculture, commerce, industry.

The result was a rapid increase and progress. Even in the era of tourism, it was the first place with the necessary background.

Nea Moudania is located a sort distance before reaching the first peninsula of Kassandra, approximately 62 km south from Thessaloniki.

Today, "Nea Moudania" (a city of 4,500 people) is a modern town, with very clear sea-water and clean coasts. Commercial harbor and active trade, transfer of thousand of tons of pilchards.

Agriculture is well developed; light-industry also (construction of modern rural machinery); industrial unit for processing and packing of nuts; industrial unit for processing of meat; oil-industry;