Plevroma

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plevroma Πλεύρωμα

Location

Coordinates	40°42′N 22°7′E / 40.7, 22.117Coordinates: 40°42′N 22°7′E / 40.7, 22.117
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	70 m (230 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	Central Macedonia
Prefecture:	Pella
Municipality:	Skydra
Population statistics (as of 2001^[1])
City Proper
- Population:	294
- Area:^[2]	4.702 km² (2 sq mi)
- Density:	63 /km² (162 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal:	585 00
Area:	23810
Auto:	ΕΕ

Plevroma (Greek: Πλεύρωμα; formerly Γενή Κιόι Yeni Kioi, Turkish: Yeni Köy; South Slavic: Novo Selo)^[3] is a village in the Pella Prefecture of Macedonia, Greece. According to the 2001 census, population was is 294.^[1] It is located at 40.716° N 22.131° E.

Its nearest train stations with the OSE's SPAP line are 1.3 km east (Petrea), 4.2 km southeast (Episkopi) and 6 km northeast (Skydra).

1 Geography
2 Economy
3 Demographics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Location

Plevroma

Plevroma is the southwestern part of the municipality of Skydra. It is 19 km southeast of the prefectural capital of Edessa in Central Macedonia, (Greece). Plevroma is bounded by the prefecture of Imathia to the southwest and it is 24 km northwest of the capital Veria. It sits at an elevation of around 70 meters above mean sea level and the population is approximately 300 inhabitants.

Plevroma is located 539 kilometers northwest of the present day Greek capital Athens by road, 37 kilometers north of Vergina, the royal capital of ancient Macedon and 76 kilometers northwest of Thessaloniki, the present day capital of Greek Macedonia..

[edit] Economy

Plevroma produces apples, cherries and peaches.

[edit] Demographics

Historical population (Statistics, 1913-2001)
Census	Population	Change	Percentage
1913	---	---	---
1920	---	---	---
1928*	114	---	---
1940	---	---	---
1951^[4]	188	---	---
1961^[4]	262	+74	+39,36%
1971^[4]	273	+11	+4,03%
1981^[4]	267	-6	-2,25%
1991^[4]	276	+9	+3,26%
2001^[4]	294	+18	+6,12%
2007**	290	-4	-1,38%
*Post-Population exchange. **Estimate.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b PDF (875 KB) 2001 Census (Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ). www.statistics.gr. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
^ (Greek) Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www.ypes.gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
^ Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), ISBN 9989-9819-4-9, p. 53. Novo Selo and Yeni Köy both mean "new village" in South Slavic and Turkish, respectively
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Συγκριτικά στοιχεία απογραφών, ετών 1951-2001, του Δήμου Σκύδρας (Greek). Municipality of Skydra. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.