Visaltia

Municipality in Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Visaltia (Greek: Βισαλτία, romanized: Bisaltia, Greek pronunciation: [visalˈti.a]) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Nigrita.[3]

CountryGreece
SeatNigrita
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
Vehicle registrationΕΡ
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Visaltia
Βισαλτία
Municipality
Location of Visaltia
Visaltia is located in Greece
Visaltia
Visaltia
Coordinates: 40°59′N 23°25′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitSerres
SeatNigrita
Government
 • MayorVana Pliakou[1] (since 2024)
Area
 • Municipality
658.3 km2 (254.2 sq mi)
 • Municipal unit144.3 km2 (55.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality
16,036
 • Density24.36/km2 (63.09/sq mi)
 • Municipal unit
3,316
 • Municipal unit density22.98/km2 (59.52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΕΡ
Websitedimosvisaltias.gr
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Etymology

Visaltia is named after Bisaltia, an ancient country and later district of the Kingdom of Macedon that was inhabited by the Bisaltae, a Thracian people ultimately named after Bisaltes, a mythological figure.[4]

Municipality

The municipality Visaltia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[3]

The municipality has an area of 658.333 km2, the municipal unit 144.255 km2.[5]

Province

The province of Visaltia (Greek: Επαρχία Βισαλτίας) was one of the provinces of the Serres Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Visaltia, and part of the municipal unit Strymoniko.[6] It was abolished in 2006.

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