Oreini, Serres

Oreini (Greek: Ορεινή, Bulgarian: Фращани,Frashtani) is a village and a former community 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.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 54.309 km2.[3] Population 742 (2011).

For other uses, see Oreini (disambiguation).
Oreini
Ορεινή
General view of Oreini
General view of Oreini
Oreini is located in Greece
Oreini
Oreini
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°12′N 23°36′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitSerres
MunicipalitySerres
 • Municipal unit54.3 km2 (21.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
742
 • Municipal unit density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΕΡ

Northeast of the modern village (approximately 2 km), on the hill of "Prophet Helias", the site of a Roman settlement has been identified.[4] [5] His foundation, dating back to early antiquity, is associated with the rich iron mines of mountain Vrontous, as is evidenced by the discovery of an iron smelter side the ruins of a Roman castle, located 3–4 km east of the hill of "Prophet Helias".[6]

The ruins of Banitsa, a formerly Bulgarian inhabited village abandoned in 1913, are also nearby.

See also

List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 174. ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
  5. Dimitrios C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 167 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
  6. Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Ancient castle and iron smelter near the modern village Oreini of Serres (in Greek), Makedonika 19 (1979), p. 240-251


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