Nigrita
Nigrita (Greek: Νιγρίτα) is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Visaltia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 160.888 km2.[3] It is situated in the wide plain south of the river Strymonas, at the northern foot of the Kerdylio mountains, in the southern part of the Serres regional unit. Nigrita is located 20 km south of Serres, and 56 km northeast of Thessaloniki.
Nigrita Νιγρίτα | |
|---|---|
  Nigrita Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°54′N 23°30′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Serres |
| Municipality | Visaltia |
| • Municipal unit | 160.9 km2 (62.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 8,963 |
| • Municipal unit density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 622 00 |
| Area code(s) | 23220 |
| Vehicle registration | ΕΡ |
| Website | nigrita.gr |
History
Near Nigrita have been found several sites of ancient settlements of the Hellenistic and Roman times. One of them was perhaps the site of the ancient city Bisaltia, capital of Bisaltes, which is known by Stephanus of Byzantium.[4]
Nigrita was most likely founded in the middle of the 16th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was a prosperous town where cotton, silver and copper were processed. Although inhabitants of Nigrita participated in the Greek war of independence, the town did not join Greece until after the 1913 Second Balkan War.
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 2.500 Greek Christians lived in the village in 1900.[5]
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Nigrita is subdivided into the following communities:
- Anthi
- Flampouro
- Nigrita
- Terpni
- Therma
Historical population
| Year | Town population | Municipality population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6,531 | - |
| 1991 | 6,186 | 10,668 |
| 2001 | 5,566 | 9,783 |
| 2011 | 4,947 | 8,963 |
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 109, 115. ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
- Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 14. Written as "Нигрита". (in Bulgarian)