Proti, Serres
Proti (Greek: Πρώτη) 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 Amphipoli, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 79.241 km2.[3] The population of the municipal unit was 2,044 at the 2011 census.[1]
Proti
Πρώτη | |
|---|---|
  Proti Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′N 24°00′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Serres |
| Municipality | Amfipoli |
| • Municipal unit | 79.2 km2 (30.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,044 |
| • Municipal unit density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Community | |
| • Population | 1,176 (2011) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΕΡ |
Near Proti has been found an archaeological site that is probably identified with the Roman station of Egnatia Domeros.[4] From here comes also various ancient inscriptions, among which a Latin inscription that mentions the inhabitants of two ancient settlements (i.e. "Montani" and "Suritani").[5]
Notable people
- Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998) conservative politician, four-time prime minister and twice president of Greece
- Kostas Karamanlis (1956–) conservative politician, prime minister of Greece
- Christos Govetas, master Greek traditional musician, singer and recording artist, based in Seattle since the 1980s.
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 143. ISBN 960-7265-16-5
- D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 295-297, n. 157-162
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