Vyroneia
title: "Vyroneia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-serres-(regional-unit)", "sintiki"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-serres-regional-unit" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyroneia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vyroneia |
| name_local | Βυρώνεια |
| type | community |
| periph | Central Macedonia |
| periphunit | Serres |
| municipality | Sintiki |
| municunit | Petritsi |
| population | 702 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| area | 44.42 |
| coordinates | |
| postal_code | 620 43 |
| area_code | 2320 |
| licence | ΕΡ |
| :: |
|name = Vyroneia |name_local = Βυρώνεια |type = community |image_map = |map_caption = | periph = Central Macedonia | periphunit = Serres |municipality = Sintiki |municunit = Petritsi |population = 702 |population_as_of = 2021 |area = 44.42 |elevation = |coordinates = |postal_code = 620 43 |area_code = 2320 |licence = ΕΡ |mayor = |website = Vyroneia (, before 1924: Χατζή Μπεηλίκ - Chatzi Beilik) is a town located in the municipal unit of Petritsi in the northwestern part of Serres regional unit, Greece. It is situated near the Bulgarian border, on the right bank of the river Strymon, south of the Kerkini mountains, and east of the Lake Kerkini. Vyroneia is 4 km west of Neo Petritsi and 12 km northwest of Sidirokastro. The community has an area of 44.42 km2.
History
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Vyroneia, then known as Hadji-Beylik, was a military base for the Greek army during the Second Balkan War. The village was also used as a military base for male civilians who had been conscripted due to the general mobilisation of 1974.
Transport
The settlement has a station on the railway line from Thessaloniki to Serres and Alexandroupoli. Near the train station is the National Aquarium of Vyroneia, the second in Greece after Rhodes. The Vyroneia Cultural Society presents every June a cultural event called "Vyroneia".
Historical population
|align = none |1981|1546 |1991|1094 |2001|1114 |2011|923 |2021|702
Persons
References
References
- [http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/168995 Name changes of settlements in Greece]
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός". Hellenic Statistical Authority.
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