Lefkonas Explained

Lefkonas
Name Local:	Λευκώνας
Type:	municipal unit
Periph:	Central Macedonia
Periphunit:	Serres
Pop Municunit:	3534
Pop Community:	2221
Population As Of:	2021
Area Municunit:	68.2
Coordinates:	41.1°N 52°W
Licence:	ΕΡ

Lefkonas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Λευκώνας) 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.^[1] The municipal unit has an area of 68.247 km².^[2] Population 3,534 (2021).

Near the village - on the hill of "Simitzi-bair" - the location of an ancient settlement has been found.^[3]

Notable people

• Sakis Anastasiadis
• Kostas Tsimikas
• Christos Archontidis
• Iraklis Kyriakidis

External links

• Local Authority (Dimos) Webpage

See also

List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
3. http://www.serres.gr/index.php/istoria/istoria-serron-samsaris