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Nigrita

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Nigrita () is a city 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 municipal unit has an area of 160.888 km2. It is situated in the wide plain south of the river Strymonas, at the northern foot of the Kerdylio mountains, in the southern part of the Serres regional unit. Nigrita is located 22 km south of Serres, and 92 km northeast of Thessaloniki.

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Place details

Locality
Νιγρίτα
Region
Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
Country
Ελλάς
Population
4,947
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Nigrita
Greek Dimos.name_local
Νιγρίτα
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Nigritis.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
Central Macedonia
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Serres
Greek Dimos.municipality
Visaltia
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
7865
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
160.9
Greek Dimos.pop_community
4892
Greek Dimos.elevation
67
Greek Dimos.postal_code
622 00
Greek Dimos.area_code
+30 2322
Greek Dimos.licence
ΕΡ
Greek Dimos.image_skyline
Nigrita.jpg
Greek Dimos.districts
Center

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Historical population
  • See also
  • References

Nigrita () is a city 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 municipal unit has an area of 160.888 km2. It is situated in the wide plain south of the river Strymonas, at the northern foot of the Kerdylio mountains, in the southern part of the Serres regional unit. Nigrita is located 22 km south of Serres, and 92 km northeast of Thessaloniki.

==History== Near Nigrita have been found several sites of ancient settlements of the Hellenistic and Roman times. One of them was perhaps the site of the ancient city Bisaltia, capital of the Bisaltae, which is known by Stephanus of Byzantium.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nigrita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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