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Rodolivos
Ροδoλίβος
Settlement
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitSerres
MunicipalityAmfipoli
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
2,611
 • Community
2,072
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΕΡ

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] It is about 30 km from Drama. Its population was 2,611 in 2001. 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 Edonida (Greek: Ηδωνίδα), which were located on the via Egnatia.[3]In these sites were found some inscriptions of imperial times (2nd-3rd AD).[4]

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Rodolivos is subdivided into the following communities (population in 2011 in square brackets):

  • Rodolivos [ 2072 ]
  • Domiros [ 154 ]
  • Mikro Souli [ 385 ]

References

  1. ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior Template:El icon
  3. ^ D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 186-187
  4. ^ 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