Skra ( gr, Σκρα), before 1926 Loumitsa ( ruq, Liumnița) is a village and community in the municipality of Paionia, Kilkis regional unit of

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. In 2011 the population was 187 for the village, and 234 for the community, including the village Koupa. It is situated 10 km south of the border with the

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and its altitude is 548 m. The village is best known for the

Battle of Skra-di-Legen The Battle of Skra-di-Legen (Skora di Legen) was a two-day battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located northeast of Mount Paiko, which is north-west of Thessaloniki, on May 29–30, 1918, on the Macedonian front of World War I ...

of May 1918. The village has a monument and museum dedicated to the battle. Before the First World War, the village was much larger and inhabited mainly by

Megleno-Romanians The Megleno-Romanians, also known as Meglenites ( ruq, Miglinits), Moglenite Vlachs or simply Vlachs ( ruq, Vlaș), are a small Eastern Romance people, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis ...

. According to the book "Macedonia — ethnography and statistics" by

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom ...

, there were 2,600 Megleno-Romanian inhabitants in the village in 1900.

Notable people

Dumitru Ciotti Dumitru Ciotti (1882 or 26 October 1885 – 1974) was a Megleno-Romanian activist, editor and schoolteacher. Ciotti was born in the Megleno-Romanian village of Skra ( ruq, Liumnița in Megleno-Romanian), then in the Ottoman Empire and now in ...

(1882/1885–1974), Megleno-Romanian activist, editor and schoolteacher

References

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(''Macedonia — ethnography and statistics'' 1900). {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub Megleno-Romanian settlements Populated places in Kilkis (regional unit)