Kalyves Polygyrou

Kalyves Polygyrou or Kalives, (Greek: Καλύβες, [kaˈlives]), old name Mecyberna,[2][3][4] is a village in Chalkidiki peninsula in Central Macedonia of Northern Greece.

There is a kindergarten and primary school to accommodate pupils of both Kalyves and the nearby village of Yerakini.

Kalyves Polygyrou means “Huts of Polygyros” as the first inhabitants, farmers, who settled from Polygyros in the late 1800s and early 1900s, had small houses as homesteads for the cultivation of their land in the area, ever since belonging to its municipality administration (municipal unit).

In the north there is the Industrial area of Polygyros with a number of companies and the magnesite mines of Patelidas.

On the beach one can find many hotels, taverns, bars and the remains of the old windmill “Molyvopyrgos” in the west.

Kalyves motorway
The Kalyves Polygyrou motorway dividing the village into two parts