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Skoutari, Serres 
Summary
Skoutari (Greek: Σκούταρι) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Serres, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 90.159 km2.[3] Population 4,666 (2021). The first villagers arrived from Minor Asia as refugees in October 1922. On 15 August 1924, the day of The Assumption of Mary into Heaven, refugees from Skoutari from Northern Thrace began, and finally settled in the region of today's village. That way the village took its name.
Skoutari
Σκουτάρι | |
|---|---|
  Skoutari Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 41°01′N 23°31′E / 41.017°N 23.517°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Serres |
| Municipality | Serres |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 90.2 km2 (34.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 4,666 |
| • Municipal unit density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Community | 1,863 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΕΡ |
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- Το Σκουτάριον - Σκούταρι Ανατολικής Θράκης, μελέτη Β.Γιαννογλούδη