Toumpa | |
Name Local: | Τούμπα |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 41.024°N 23.707°W |
Periph: | Central Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Serres |
Municipality: | Emmanouil Pappas |
Municunit: | Emmanouil Pappas |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 468 |
Toumpa (el|Τούμπα) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 20km (10miles) southeast of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas and has a population of 468 inhabitants (2021). The village bore the same name before 1928.
On the hillside of Phakistra, located very close to Toumpa, a lot of archaeological finds have been unearthed over time and between them two Greek inscriptions of Roman imperial times (2nd century AD).[1] All these testifies to the existence of an ancient settlement with a continuous life from prehistoric to Byzantine times.[2]