Rodolivos

Rodolivos Ροδoλίβος
Municipal unit
Rodolivos Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°55′N 23°58′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Amfipoli
Area
• Municipal unit	106.0 km^2 (40.9 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,002
• Municipal unit density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
• Community	1,557
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Rodolivos (Greek: Ροδoλίβος) is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amfipoli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 106.034 km².^[3] It is about 30 km from Drama. Its population was 2,002 in 2021. The village is at the foot of Mount Pangaio.

Just next to Rodolivos, namely on the hill of "St. Athanasius" and also in the neighboring place "Kouria", are attested traces of two ancient settlements of Edonis (Greek: Ηδωνίδα), which were located on the via Egnatia.^[4] In these sites were found some inscriptions of imperial times (2nd-3rd AD).^[5]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Rodolivos is subdivided into the following communities (population in 2021 in square brackets):^[1]

• Rodolivos [ 1,557 ]
• Domiros [ 111 ]
• Mikro Souli [ 334 ]

See also

List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

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. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
4. [1] D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 186-187. ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
5. D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 294-295, n. 153-156 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 153, # PH150794) The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 154, # PH150795)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 155, # PH150796) The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 156, # PH150797)