Agia Paraskevi, Serres

For other uses, see Agia Paraskevi (disambiguation).

Agia Paraskevi Αγία Παρασκευή
Community
Agia Paraskevi
Coordinates: 40°56′58″N 23°27′30″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Visaltia
Municipal unit	Visaltia
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	380
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	62200
Area code(s)	23220

Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή) is a village in the region of Serres, northern Greece. According to the 2021 Greek census, the village had 380 inhabitants.

Geography and history

Agia Paraskevi is located to the west limits of the Thessaloniki Regional Unit and south of the Strymonas River. It is built on the plain of Serres, between the villages of Terpni (SE), Nikokleia (SW) and Sisamia (NW). It is located 6 km northwest of Nigrita and 24 km southwest of Serres. The village was known as Xylotro (Ξυλότρο) until 1927, when it got renamed to Agia Paraskevi.^[2]

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian geographer Vasil Kanchov, the village had a total of 460 inhabitants in 1900, of which 260 were Orthodox Greeks and 200 were Circassians.^{[3][dubious – discuss]}

External links

• Video showing the village from a drone

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΕΕΤΑΑ-Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης Α.Ε." www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
3. Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, p. 179. Written as "Суха Баня". (in Bulgarian)