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Stavros (also known as Kato Stavros, or formerly Stavros Beach) is a town in the eastern part of the Thessaloniki regional unit and serves as the seat of the Municipality of Volvi. According to the 2001 census, the settlement had 3,285 inhabitants, showing an increase of about 25% compared to the previous census. This rise is mainly due to the settlement of repatriated Greeks and foreign families. It is located 80 kilometers from Thessaloniki.

Stavros is bordered by the Strymonian Gulf (also known as the Gulf of Orfanos). It borders Vrasna to the north, Rentina to the west, and Varvara of Chalkidiki to the south.

At the exit of the Rentina Pass, near Stavros and the mouth of the Richios River, the ancient settlement of Bromiskos/Vormiskos is believed to have been located. Its name likely derived from the ancient word bromos (+ the diminutive ending -iskos), meaning a type of grain (similar to barley) or a strong roar (possibly referring to the wind blowing through the Rentina Pass). In some regions, Dionysus was worshipped as “Bromios,” meaning the god born from the grain bromos.

Originally, the name Stavros referred to what is now Ano Stavros, the older settlement. After the Treaty of Lausanne and the population exchange, Greeks from the village of Katirli in Nicomedia arrived in the area and decided to settle there. Specifically, the parishioners of Saint Paraskevi of Katirli settled here, while the parishioners of Saint John the Baptist settled in Neo Katirli in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki.

A few months later, refugees from two more Asia Minor villages arrived—from Indje of Panormos in the Sea of Marmara region, and from Madytos in Eastern Thrace. The Refugee Settlement Commission granted them the land of the present-day settlement, then called Stavros Beach, where they began practicing their traditional occupations.

In 1931, the Community of Stavros was divided: Stavros Beach was renamed Stavros, while the old settlement was renamed Ano Stavros. With the administrative reorganization of 1942, Stavros was transferred from the Chalkidiki regional unit to the Thessaloniki regional unit.

From 1998 to 2010, Stavros belonged to the Lagadas Province and served as the seat of the short-lived Municipality of Rentina. After the administrative reform under the Kallikratis Program, it became the seat of the Municipality of Volvi, formed by the merger of six municipalities of the Lagadas region.