Vyroneia
Sign in to saveVyroneia (, before 1924: Χατζή Μπεηλίκ - Chatzi Beilik) is a town located in the municipal unit of Petritsi in the northwestern part of Serres regional unit, Greece. It is situated near the Bulgarian border, on the right bank of the river Strymon, south of the Kerkini mountains, and east of the Lake Kerkini. Vyroneia is west of Neo Petritsi and northwest of Sidirokastro. The community has an area of .
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Πετριτσίου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 762
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Vyroneia
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Βυρώνεια
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Serres
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Sintiki
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Petritsi
- Greek Dimos.population
- 702
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area
- 44.42
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 620 43
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 2320
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΕΡ
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Vyroneia (, before 1924: Χατζή Μπεηλίκ - Chatzi Beilik) is a town located in the municipal unit of Petritsi in the northwestern part of Serres regional unit, Greece. It is situated near the Bulgarian border, on the right bank of the river Strymon, south of the Kerkini mountains, and east of the Lake Kerkini. Vyroneia is west of Neo Petritsi and northwest of Sidirokastro. The community has an area of .
==History== thumb|right|The Greek GHQ at Vyroneia (Hadji-Beylik), with King Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I and Prime Minister [[Eleftherios Venizelos deliberating before the Congress of Bucharest]] Vyroneia, then known as Hadji-Beylik, was a military base for the Greek army during the Second Balkan War. The village was also used as a military base for male civilians who had been conscripted due to the general mobilisation of 1974.