Nigrita ( el, Νιγρίτα) is a town and a former municipality in the
Serres regional unit,
Macedonia,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Visaltia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 160.888 km
2.
It is situated in the wide plain south of the river
Strymonas, at the northern foot of the
Kerdylio mountains, in the southern part of the Serres regional unit. Nigrita is located 20 km south of
Serres
Sérres ( el, Σέρρες ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki.
Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northe ...
, and 56 km northeast of
Thessaloniki
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.
History
Near Nigrita have been found several sites of ancient settlements of the Hellenistic and Roman times. One of them was perhaps the site of the ancient city Bisaltia, capital of Bisaltes, which is known by Stephanus of Byzantium.
Nigrita was most likely founded in the middle of the 16th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was a prosperous town where cotton, silver and copper were processed. Although inhabitants of Nigrita participated in the Greek war of independence, the town did not join Greece until after the 1913
Second Balkan War
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.
According to the statistics of
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician.
Biography
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...
("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 2.500
Greek
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Greece
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
Christians
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lived in the village in 1900.
[ Kanchov, Vasil, , ]Sofia
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, 1900, book 2, p. 14. Written as "Нигрита". (in Bulgarian)
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Nigrita is subdivided into the following communities:
*Anthi
*Flampouro
*Nigrita
*
Terpni
*Therma
Historical population
See also
*
List of settlements in the Serres regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Serres regional unit, Greece:
* Achinos
* Achladochori
* Adelfiko
* Agia Eleni
* Agia Paraskevi
* Agio Pnevma
* Agiochori
* Agios Christoforos
* Agios Dimitrios
* Agkistro
* Agriani
* Aidonochori
* ...
*
Austen Harrison
Austen St. Barbe Harrison (1891–1976) was a British-born architect. While British, Harrison spent most of his career overseas, and mainly in the Middle East. His works include the British Representative's Residence, Amman, the High Commissione ...
, town planner of Nigrita after WWI
References
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Populated places in Serres (regional unit)