Vrasna ( el, Βρασνά, ''Vrasná'' ) is a village and a
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
of the
Volvi municipality.
Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of
Agios Georgios.
The 2011 census recorded 278 inhabitants in the village and 2,879 inhabitants in the community.
The community of Vrasna covers an area of 41.127 km
2.
According to the statistics of
Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 850
Greek Christians
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lived in the village in 1900.
[ Kanchov, Vasil, , ]Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
, 1900, book 2, p. 11. Written as "Враста". (in Bulgarian)
Administrative division
The community of Vrasna consists of three settlements:
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Nea Vrasna
Nea Vrasna ( el, Νέα Βρασνά, ''Néa Vrasná'' ) is a village and a community
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Paliampela
* Vrasna
Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the community of Vrasna was 2,879 people, an increase of almost 12% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.
See also
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List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit
References
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Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)