Nea Trapezounta, Pieria

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Nea Trapezounta
Νέα Τραπεζούντα
The cultural club of Nea Trapezounta in 2007
The cultural club of Nea Trapezounta in 2007
Nea Trapezounta is located in Greece
Nea Trapezounta
Nea Trapezounta
Coordinates: 40°20′N 22°31.5′E / 40.333°N 22.5250°E / 40.333; 22.5250Coordinates: 40°20′N 22°31.5′E / 40.333°N 22.5250°E / 40.333; 22.5250
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityKaterini
Municipal unitKorinos
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Community
[1]
 • Population423 (2011)
 • Area (km2)6.547
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
601 00
Area code(s)+30-2351-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registrationKNx-xxxx

Nea Trapezounta (Greek: Νέα Τραπεζούντα, Nea Trapezunda) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform, it was part of the municipality of Korinos, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2011 census recorded 423 residents in the village.[1] The community of Nea Trapezounta covers an area of 6.547 km2.[3]

History[]

The village was founded by Pontic Greek refugees from the Of valley in Turkey, and was named after Trabzon (Trapezounta in Greek).[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ Anthi Revythiadou and Vasileios Spyropoulos (2009): "Οφίτικη Ποντιακή: Έρευνα γλωσσικής καταγραφής με έμφαση στη διαχρονία και συγχρονία της διαλέκτου" [Ophitic Pontic: A documentation project with special emphasis on the diachrony and synchrony of the dialect] "www.latsis-foundation.org" (PDF) (in Greek). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2011-10-29.


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