Vyroneia ( el, Βυρώνεια, before 1924: Χατζή Μπεηλίκ - ''Chatzi Beilik''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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Petritsi Petritsi ( el, Πετρίτσι) is a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is a municipal unit, with a population of 4,832 (2011). The m ...

in the northwestern part of Serres regional unit,

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. It is situated near the

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n border, on the right bank of the river Strymon, south of the

Kerkini Kerkini ( el, Κερκίνη) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is a municipal unit. It is named after ancient K ...

mountains, and east of the

Lake Kerkini Lake Kerkini ( gr, Λίμνη Κερκίνη - Limni Kerkini) is an artificial reservoir in Central Macedonia, Greece that was created in 1932, and then redeveloped in 1980, on the site of what was previously an extremely extensive marshland. L ...

. Vyroneia is 4 km west of

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and 12 km northwest of

Sidirokastro Sidirokastro ( el, Σιδηρόκαστρο; Bulgarian and Macedonian: ''Valovišta''; tr, Demirhisar) is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipali ...

. Vyroneia had 923 inhabitants at the 2011 census.

Histrory

Vyroneia, then known as Hadji-Beylik, was a military base for the

Greek army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...

during the

Second Balkan War The Second Balkan War was a conflict which broke out when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with its share of the spoils of the First Balkan War, attacked its former allies, Serbia and Greece, on 16 ( O.S.) / 29 (N.S.) June 1913. Serbian and Greek armies r ...

Transport

The settlement has a

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on the railway line from

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 Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

to Serres and Alexandroupoli. Near the train station is the National Aquarium of Vyroneia, the second in Greece after

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the So ...

. The Vyroneia Cultural Society presents every June a cultural event called "Vyroneia".

Historical population

Persons

* Ioannis Melissanidis *

Kostas Iosifidis Konstantinos Iosifidis ( el, Κώστας Ιωσηφίδης; born 14 January 1952) is a retired Greek footballer. Iosifidis spent his entire career from 1971 to 1985 in PAOK FC, playing as a left back. He is the first player in PAOK FC histor ...

External links

Vyroneia Aquarium

References