7,779 at the 2021 census) is built in the shape of an amphitheatre on a plateau on the south west side of the mountain Cholomontas.

Polygyros is located SE of Thessaloniki, NE of Nea Moudania, NW of Sithonia and SW of Arnaia.

[6] The town of Polygyros is first mentioned in a medieval imperial document, chryssovoulon (with golden stamp), of Eastern Roman Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates about 1080 CE.

In 1430, as the rest of the Eastern Roman Empire, Polygyros was conquered by the Ottomans and belonged to the Sanjak of Thessaloniki.

A nearby location called Panagia (Virgin Mary) is the setting of a famous religious celebration on August 15.

Niki (victory) is the name of Polygyros' football club, which participates in the Greek National Fourth Division Professional League.

The Archaeological Museum of Polygyros has exhibits containing findings from all over Chalkidiki and referring to paleolithic and neolithic age, geometric, archaic, classic, hellenistic and Roman period.