Mouries ( el, Μουριές) is a village and a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Kilkis regional unit, northern
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 138.660 km
2.
Population 2,725 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in
Stathmos Mourion (Mouries Station). During the
Macedonian Struggle, the inhabitants of the Mouries area fought hard against the Bulgarian enemy. Stavros Pallas, a Greek Macedonian fighter from Mouries, was one of the great fighters in the area.
[In Greek: Obscure Native Macedonian Fighters" Company of Macedonian Studies (CMS), University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008]]
References
Populated places in Kilkis (regional unit)
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bg:Аканджали (дем)