Terpni
Community in Greece
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Terpni (Greek: Τερπνή) is a small town in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Visaltia, whose seat is in Nigrita. It has a population of 1,593 inhabitants (2021 census) and until 1928 was named Tserpista.[2]
Terpni
Τερπνή | |
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  Terpni | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′N 23°29′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Serres |
| Municipality | Visaltia |
| Municipal unit | Nigrita |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 1,593 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
A few kilometers southwest of Terpni, on the hill named Palaiokastro, are preserved the ruins of an ancient settlement identified with the Roman waystation (mutatio) Graero, known from the Roman itineraries.[3]
From a Greek inscription of Roman imperial times, we are informed that this settlement had the size of a city (polis) with all its known architectural monuments (bouleuterion, gymnasium, etc.).[4]
