Lagkadas (Greek: Λαγκαδάς, Lagkadás) is a town and municipality in the northeast part of Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.

[2] Lagkadas is located northeast of Thessaloniki, at a distance of about 20 km from its center and at an altitude of about 130m, in the center of the valley of Mygdonia, through which Alexander the Great passed at his campaigns and also the Apostle Paul towards Thessaloniki and Athens.

The inhabitants of Lagkadas participated in the revolution of 1821, with the most famous fighter being Stavros Tzanis, who took part in many battles in southern Greece.

On the 3rd of August 2021 the official meteorological station of the National Observatory of Athens in Lagkadas registered 47.1°C.

The historical evolution of the population of Lagadas town is as follows: North of Lagkadas passes the Egnatia Odos (junction 24) connecting it with Thessaloniki.