Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits'';
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Macedonian
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* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and
municipality in the
Florina regional unit of
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
,
Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,306, while that of the entire municipality is 16,973 (2011).
[ The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III.
]
History
The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building.
Archaeological excavations
On March 4, 2007, an unknown civilization around four lakes that lasted from 6000 BC to 60 BC has been uncovered in two important excavations of a Neolithic and an Iron Age settlement in the Amyntaio district of Florina, northern Greece.
A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food supplies and blackberry seeds are among the findings in a Neolithic settlement near the lakes of Vegoritida, Petres, Heimatitida and Zazari. Garments, women’s fashions and burial customs in northern Eordaia 3,000 years ago are coming to light among the hundreds of funeral offerings in a forgotten necropolis dating from the Iron Age in western Macedonia.
More than 100 years after the excavation at Agios Panteleimonas in Amyntaio in the Florina prefecture – known in the bibliography as the Pateli Necropolis – by the Russian Archaeological Institute of Istanbul, a systematic investigation of 12 tombs by the 17th Antiquities Ephorate has found a total of 358 tombs dating from between 950 BC and 550 BC. Although the first discovery in 1898 of 376 graves produced many findings, now in the Istanbul Museum, the necropolis between the lakes of Heimatitida and Petres has revealed hundreds more graves.
In the summer of 2017 the remnants of a remarkable Roman villa were discovered.[Mirtsioti G.]
''The Stunning Ancient Roman Villa Discovered in Amyntaio''
Greece is, March 14th, 2018
Transport
Amyntaio
Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits''; Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio p ...
station is a railway junction, where the line to Kozani branches off from the Platy-Florina main line.
Municipality
The municipality Amyntaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:Filotas
Filotas ( el, Φιλώτας, before 1927: Τσαλτζιλάρ - ''Tsaltzilar''; bg, Чалджиево, ''Chaldzhievo'') is a village and a former municipality in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government ...
* Lechovo
*Nymfaio
Nymfaio ( el, Νυμφαίο, before 1926: Νέβεσκα - ''Neveska'', rup, Nevesca) and in Ancient Greece: Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον (9th century bc), is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia ...
*Variko
Variko ( el, Βαρικό, Bulgarian/ mk, Мокрени) is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amyntaio, of which it is a munic ...
The municipality has an area of 589.369 km2, the municipal unit 249.852 km2.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Amyntaio is divided into the following communities:[
* Agios Panteleimonas
*Amyntaio
* Kella
* Kleidi
* Petres
* Rodonas
* Fanos
* Xino Nero
]
Economy
* Amyntaio Power Station
Amyntaio Power Station ( el, ΑΗΣ Αμυνταίου) is a 600 MW coal-fired power station near Amyntaio in Western Macedonia, Greece. Build and commissioned in the mid 1980s, the power station is fuelled by lignite from the adjacent Amyntaio co ...
References
External links
Official website of Amyntaio Municipality
(in Greek).
{{Authority control
Populated places in Florina (regional unit)
Wine regions of Greece
Archaeological sites in Macedonia (Greece)
Municipalities of Western Macedonia