Nea Peramos () is a town 17 kilometres from

Kavala Kavala (, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the A2 motorway, a one-and ...

, the capital of the regional unit of Kavala,

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. Its population at the 2021 census was 3,516. Nea Peramos was settled in 1924 by

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from Peramos in Asia Minor (today Karsiyaka, Erdek in Turkey) following the

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. Since 1998, according to the Law of Kapodistrias, seven villages (Nea Peramos, Nea Iraklitsa, Agios Andreas, Eleftheres, Elaiochori, Myrtofyto, Folea) joined in a new municipality which was called Municipality of Eleftheres. The central administration authority resided in Nea Peramos, which is the largest of the villages listed above. The first Mayor of the Community of Eleftheres was Iraklis Karaberidis. At the 2011 Kallikratis reform, the municipality of Eleftheres became part of the new municipality of

Pangaio Pangaio () is a municipality in the Kavala regional unit, Greece, named after the Pangaion hills. The seat of the municipality is in Eleftheroupoli. Municipality The municipality Pangaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the mer ...

. Nea Peramos is one hour from the island of

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, to the city of Kavala, and also to ancient

Philippi Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (, ''Krēnĩdes'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Phili ...

, which is about 30 km distant.

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