Kireas ( el, Κηρέας) is a former municipality in
Euboea
Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna
Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna ( el, Μαντούδι-Λίμνη-Αγία Άννα) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Limni. The municipality has an area of 584.784 km2.
Mun ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 294.665 km
2.
Population 5,411 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in
Mantoudi
Mantoudi ( el, Μαντούδι) is a village in the municipal unit of Kireas, Euboea (regional unit), Euboea, Greece. Since the Kallikratis Plan, 2010 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna. It was the sea ...
.
The name comes from Kireas River which flows from the mountains of Fteritsa, Pyxaria and Mavrovouni, joins with Neleus River finally flowing into the Aegean near the sea shore of Krya Vrysi in North Euboia. Strabo mentions a legend according to which sheep drinking from Kireas gave birth to white offspring while those drinking from Neleus gave birth to black. The sycamore forest in this Kireas' banks hosts the oldest and greatest in size tree in the Balkans, the "Μέγας Πλάτανος" (Great Sycamore).
Twin towns
Kireas is
twinned with:
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Ürgüp
Ürgüp ( el, Προκόπιο ''Prokópio,'' or Cappadocian Greek: ''Prokópi'', ota, Burgut Kalesi) is a town and district of Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located in the historical region of Cappadocia, an ...
, Turkey ''(since 2004)''
References
Populated places in Euboea
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