Livadia ( el, Λιβάδια, rup, Giumala de Jos or ; ruq, Livezi) is a village and a former community in the former

Paionia Province Paionia ( el, Παιονία, ) is a municipality in the Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Polykastro. The municipality is named after the ancient region of Paeonia. It has an area of 919 ...

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

Paionia In antiquity, Paeonia or Paionia ( grc, Παιονία, Paionía) was the land and kingdom of the Paeonians or Paionians ( grc, Παίονες, Paíones). The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, a ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 32.282 km². 11 km northwest of

Griva Griva (Serbian Cyrillic: Грива; trans. '' Mane'') was a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Novi Sad. Band history 1982—1992 The band was formed in 1982 by former Ibn Tup members, Zlatko Karavla (drums) and Josip Sabo (guita ...

, 15 km northwest of

Goumenissa Goumenissa ( el, Γουμένισσα ) is a small traditional town in the Kilkis regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It was the capital of the former Paionia Province. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ...

. Its population in 2011 was 404. It includes two villages: Megala Livadia and Mikra Livadia (now uninhabited). Th
Aromanian language
is still spoken in Livadia. This historic community took part in various Greek revolutions, in particular the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle ( bg, Македонска борба; el, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας; mk, Борба за Македонија; sr, Борба за Македонију; tr, Makedonya Mücadelesi) was a series of social, po ...

in which many of inhabitants of Livadia participated, including: *Anastassios Bilis Koulinas *Nikolaos Nessios *Konstantinos Balas *Michael Balas *Michael Batsios *Dimitrios Bellis *

Nikolaos Davelis Nikolaos Davelis (Greek: Νικόλαος Νταβέλης) was a significant Greek participant in the Macedonian Struggle. Biography Davelis was born and raised in Livadia, Kilkis in the 1880s. His family was well known for their national war ...

*Michael Papanikolaou *Nikolaos Saramanis *Georgios Takiris *Athanassios Tikas *Aristides Tikas *Georgios Chatzivrettas *Michael Bellis *Georgios Bellis (Belles) *Stergios Naoum (Kapetan Naoum) Some other inhabitants of the town fought against Greek bands in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

during the early 20th century, an example being Mihali Handuri, an Aromanian

armatole The armatoles ( el, αρματολοί, armatoloi; sq, armatolë; rup, armatoli; bs, armatoli), or armatole in singular ( el, αρματολός, armatolos; sq, armatol; rup, armatol; bs, armatola), were Christian irregular soldiers, or mi ...

References

Populated places in Kilkis (regional unit) Aromanian settlements in Greece {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub