| Plagia | |
| Name Local: | Πλαγιά |
| Type: | community |
| Municunit: | Axioupolis |
| Population: | 179 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Elevation: | 280 |
| Coordinates: | 41.0805°N 22.4969°W |
| Postal Code: | 61 400 |
| Licence: | KI |
| Caption Skyline: | Panorama from the village photographed by the French Army in May 1917 |
Plagia (before 1928: Karasinan)[1] is a village in the Kilkis regional unit of Greece.[2] [3] It is situated in the municipal unit of Axioupoli, in the Paionia municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia.
The terrain around Plagia is hilly to the southwest, but to the northeast it is flat. The highest point nearby is 1,627 metres above sea level, 14.5 km southwest of Plagia. Around Plagia it is quite sparsely populated, with 38 inhabitants per square kilometre.[4] The nearest major community is Axioupoli, 11.2 km south of Plagia. In the surroundings around Plagia, mainly sparse and often low-growing subtropical forest grows. [5]
The climate in the area is temperate. Average annual temperature in the neighbourhood is 15 °C . The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 28 °C, and the coldest is January, with 3 °C.[6] Average annual rainfall is 984 millimetres. The wettest month is February, with an average of 137 mm of precipitation, and the driest is August, with 32 mm of precipitation.[7]
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