Skoutari, Serres Explained

Skoutari
Name Local:Σκουτάρι
Type:municipal unit
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Serres
Pop Municunit:4666
Pop Community:1863
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:90.2
Coordinates:41.0167°N 54°W
Licence:ΕΡ

Skoutari (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σκούταρι) 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 90.159 km2.[2] Population 4,666 (2021). The first villagers arrived from Minor Asia as refugees in October 1922. On 15 August 1924, the day of The Assumption of Mary into Heaven, refugees from Skoutari from Northern Thrace began, and finally settled in the region of today's village. That way the village took its name.

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  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.