Plevroma ( el, Πλεύρωμα; formerly Γενή Κιόι ''Yeni Kioi'', Turkish: ''Yeni Köy''; Slavic: Ново село, ''Novo Selo'')Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), , p. 53. Novo Selo and Yeni Köy both mean "new village" in South Slavic and Turkish, respectively is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia,

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. It is part of the community Petraia within the municipality of

Skydra Skydra ( el, Σκύδρα, in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - ''Vertekop'', Slavic: Вртикоп, ''Vrtikop'') is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia in Greece. Municipality The municipality Skydra was forme ...

. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 261. The nearest train stations, on the OSE's

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, are 1.3 km east ( Petria), 4.2 km southeast ( Episkopi) and 6 km northeast (

Geography

Plevroma is the southwestern part of the municipality of

. It is 19 km southeast of the regional unit capital of Edessa in

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, (

). Plevroma borders on

Imathia Imathia ( el, Ημαθία ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia, within the geographic region of Macedonia. The capital of Imathia is the city of Veroia. Administration The regional unit Ima ...

to the southwest and it is 24 km northwest of the Imathian capital

Veria Veria ( el, Βέροια or Βέρροια), officially transliterated Veroia, historically also spelled Berea or Berœa, is a city in Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, northern Greece, capital of the regional unit of ...

. It sits at an elevation of around 70 meters

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and the population is approximately 300 inhabitants. Plevroma is located 539 kilometers northwest of the present day Greek capital Athens by road, 37 kilometers north of

Vergina Vergina ( el, Βεργίνα, ''Vergína'' ) is a small town in northern Greece, part of Veria municipality in Imathia, Central Macedonia. Vergina was established in 1922 in the aftermath of the population exchanges after the Treaty of Laus ...

, the royal capital of ancient

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and 76 kilometers northwest of

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

, the present day capital of

Greek Macedonia Macedonia (; el, Μακεδονία, Makedonía ) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans. Macedonia is the largest and Greek geographic region, with a population of 2.36 million in 2020. It is ...

Economy

Plevroma produces

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s, cherries and

peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-f ...

es.

Demographics

References

External links

Plevroma on GTP Travel Pages (Village)Plévroma (Pélla, Macedonia, Greece)Map of Central Macedonia. - Plevroma NW (20)

Primary school of Plevroma

Kindergarten of Plevroma
{{Skydra div Populated places in Pella (regional unit)