Kalochori ( el, Καλοχώρι)
(translates as Good Village), known before 1926 as Glaboftsa (), is a settlement of Central Macedonia in the Serres prefecture. It belongs to the local community of
Kastanoussa in the municipality of Sintiki. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 158 inhabitants.
The village is located northwest of the town of
Serres about 7 km west of
Rodopoli, Serres
Rodopoli (, old name: Σταθμός Ποροΐων) is a village in the Serres region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Kerkini, in the Sintiki municipality, within the Serres region of Central Macedonia.
Rodopoli was recogn ...
at the southern foot of Mount Belasitsa in the
Belasica mountain range (known also as Kerkini or Beles).
During the
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
the village was under Bulgarian control, but after the
Second Balkan War
The Second Balkan War was a conflict which broke out when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with its share of the spoils of the First Balkan War, attacked its former allies, Serbia and Greece, on 16 ( O.S.) / 29 (N.S.) June 1913. Serbian and Greek armies r ...
in 1913 it was incorporated within Greece. Greek refugees were resettled in the village during the 1920s. According to the 1928 census, Glaboftsa is a completely refugee village with 49 refugee families with 176 people.
In 1926 the village was renamed Kalo Horio, but the new name officially entered the registers in the following 1927.
References
Populated places in Serres (regional unit)
Sintiki
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