Visaltia ( el, Βισαλτία, ) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit,

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. The seat of the municipality is in

Nigrita Nigrita ( el, Νιγρίτα) is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Visaltia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The ...

. It was named after the ancient region Bisaltia. The ancient city of Berge is located here."Archaeologists unearth ancient city of Verge in Serres" 16 November 2005, Embassy of Greece, Washington, DC
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Municipality

The municipality Visaltia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Achinos *

Tragilos Tragilos ( el, Τράγιλος, ) 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 ...

*Visaltia The municipality has an area of 658.333 km², the municipal unit 144.255 km².

Province

The province of Visaltia ( el, Επαρχία Βισαλτίας) was one of the

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of the Serres Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Visaltia, and part of the municipal unit Strymoniko. It was abolished in 2006.

References

Municipalities of Central Macedonia Populated places in Serres (regional unit) Provinces of Greece {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub