Irakleia, Serres
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| Irakleia Ηράκλεια |
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 Irakleia
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| Coordinates | 41°11′N 23°17′E / 41.183°N 23.283°ECoordinates: 41°11′N 23°17′E / 41.183°N 23.283°E |
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Location within the region
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| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit: | Serres |
| Population statistics (as of 2001) | |
| Municipality | |
| - Population: | 23,317 |
| - Area: | 448.8 km2 (173 sq mi) |
| - Density: | 52 /km2 (135 /sq mi) |
| Municipal unit | |
| - Population: | 13,173 |
| Community | |
| - Population: | 3,609 |
| Other | |
| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Auto: | ΕΡ |
| Website | |
| www.dimosiraklias.gr | |
Irakleia (Ηράκλεια) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Population 13,173 (2001). The seat of the municipality is the town of Irakleia, which was formerly known as "Lower Jumaya" (in Turkish: Barakli Cuma; in Bulgarian: Долна Джумая, Dolna Dzhumaya;[1][2] and in Aromanian: Giumala de Jos).
[edit] Municipality
The municipality Irakleia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[3]
- Irakleia
- Skotoussa
- Strymoniko
[edit] References
- ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, p.104, under the name of Barakli Djoumaia
- ^ Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους. Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1978. ISBN 960-213-110-1, σελ. 228-229; Map of the Italian Instituto Geografico de Agostini, showing the distribution of schools, churches, monasteries in the Ottoman vilayet of Saloniki
- ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
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