Skra, Kilkis
Village in Macedonia, Greece
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Skra (Greek: Σκρα; before 1926 Loumitsa, Megleno Romanian: Liumnița) is a village and community in the municipality of Paionia, Kilkis regional unit of Greece.
Skra
Σκρα | |
|---|---|
Central square of Skra | |
  Skra Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 41°05′38″N 22°22′59″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region |  Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kilkis |
| Municipality | Paionia |
| Municipal unit | Axioupoli |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 172 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 61 400 |
| Vehicle registration | KI |
In 2021 the population was 172 for the community, including the village Koupa.[1] It is situated 10 km south of the border with the Republic of North Macedonia and its altitude is 548 m.
The village is best known for the Battle of Skra-di-Legen of May 1918. The village has a monument and museum dedicated to the battle.
Before the First World War, the village was much larger and inhabited mainly by Megleno-Romanians.
According to the book "Macedonia — ethnography and statistics" by Vasil Kanchov, there were 2,600 Megleno-Romanian inhabitants in the village in 1900.
Notable people
- Dumitru Ciotti (1882/1885–1974), Megleno-Romanian activist, editor and schoolteacher[2]
