Amyntaio
Sign in to saveAmyntaio (, before 1928: Σόροβιτς – Sorovits; Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,348, while that of the entire municipality is 14,169 (2021). The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon, and father of Philip II and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Amyntaio
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αμύνταιο
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Amyndeou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Florina
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 14169
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 589.4
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 6961
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 249.9
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 4348
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 589
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΡΑ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Surovichevo Sts Constantine and Helen Church.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Church in central Amyntaio.
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Amyntaio (, before 1928: Σόροβιτς – Sorovits; Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,348, while that of the entire municipality is 14,169 (2021). The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon, and father of Philip II and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III.
==History== The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building. The Church of St. Konstantinos and Helen was declared a hazard to public safety and demolished with tanks in the late twentieth century.