Skoutari ( el, Σκούταρι) is a village and a former municipality in the
Serres regional unit,
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
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 ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 90.159 km
2.
Population 5,621 (2011). The first villagers arrived from Minor Asia as refugees in October 1922. On 15 August 1924, the day of The Assumption of Mary into Heaven, refugees from Skoutari from Northern Thrace began, and finally settled in the region of today's village. That way the village took its name.
References
Το Σκουτάριον - Σκούταρι Ανατολικής Θράκης, μελέτη Β.Γιαννογλούδη
Populated places in Serres (regional unit)
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el:Δήμος Σκουτάρεως