Skra (), before 1926 Loumitsa () is a village and community in the municipality of

Paionia In antiquity, Paeonia or Paionia () was the land and kingdom of the Paeonians (or Paionians; ). The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, are obscure, but it is known that it roughly corresponds to m ...

, Kilkis regional unit of

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. In 2021 the population was 172 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 ...

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 (), Moglenite Vlachs or simply Vlachs (), are an Eastern Romance ethnic group, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis regional units of Central ...

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

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria. Early life and education Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...

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

Notable people

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

References

External links

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