Psachna ( el, Ψαχνά) is a small Greek town in
Euboea
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, 16 km north of
Chalcis. It is built in a small plain in the central-west part of the island. Psachna is the seat of
Dirfys-Messapia
Dirfys-Messapia ( el, Δίρφυς-Μεσσάπια) is a municipality in the Euboea regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Psachna. The municipality has an area of 777.420 km2.
Municipality
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municipality and the seat of
Messapia regional unit. The town is also known for the Psachna campus of
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the football team
Iraklis Psachna. Its population is 5,827 residents according to 2011 census.
History
The settlement of Psachna was built by refugees after the
sack of Chalcis in 1470 during the
First Ottoman–Venetian War
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. During the
Ottoman occupation, it was a small village with few houses. After Greek independence, refugees from
Samos
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were installed in Psachna, leading to the naming of a district of Psachna as "Samiotika". The population of Psachna was increased in the last century when residents of the more mountainous villages such as Pyxaria, Vavoula, Apogremno moved in. In August 2020, the town and the region was badly hit from catastrophic floods that resulted in 6 deaths.
Historical population
Description
The
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has a campus in Psachna. There are three monasteries near Psachna: Saint John Kalyvitis, Panagia Makrymallis and Panagia Gorgoepikoos. The first two were built during the Byzantine period, destroyed later and rebuilt. The third monastery was built after 1960.
Psachna has also the best medical facilities in the area.
References
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Populated places in Euboea