| Neo Pedino Νέο Πεδινό |
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Neo Pedino
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| Country: | Greece |
| Region: | North Aegean |
| Regional unit: | Lemnos |
| Municipality: | Lemnos |
| Municipal unit: | Nea Koutali |
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| - Population: | 104 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
Neo Pedino (Greek: Νέο Πεδινό), is a new village on the Greek island of Lemnos, Greece founded in 1968. It is located northeast of Myrina. In 2001 its population was 108 for the village and 331 for the municipal district.[1]
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| Year | Village population | Municipal district population |
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| 1991 | 104 | 398 |
| 2001 | 108 | 331 |
The village is in the central part of the island of Lemnos and is part of the municipality of Nea Koutali. Its population is around 400.
The village was built in the current location from the ruins of the 19 February 1968 earthquake[2] (see Lemnos earthquake) in which the entire old village of Pedino was destroyed. It became known as Neo Pedino, the old village is now called Palaio Pedino.
After the earthquake of 1960, several geological indications showed that it was best not to rebuilt in the same location but in other positions next to Nea Koutali. From that time, the two villages had a residential total otherwise it constituted two separate communities until 1998 when the municipality of Nea Koutali was founded.
The settlement was built in the 1970s and was completed in 1978. It was built from collections and with the salaries from the entire municipal spendings of the village. It has a great street plan with beautiful houses which differ from the colour of the old. It is greenish with large forests and a beautiful square. Το Νέο Πεδινό είναι το νεότερο χωριό της Λήμνου. Χτίστηκε στη σημερινή του θέση μετά από το σεισμό του 1968, από τον οποίο
The new village commonly has a range of population in which after the quake, its residents from the old section left. In the 1980, the its population slowly decline and it showed 398 people in 1991.
Its residents are in and agricultural. Recently decades saw a rise in tourism.
From Pedino featured a student Aristofanis Kouleris, writer between other in his book Mnini Iroon Pedinou Limnou
In Athens operates actively, the Attican Pedino Council (Σύλλογος των εν Αττική Πεδινιωτών = Silogos ton en Atiki Pedinioton)
Profitis Ilias has a church, a square (plateia). Its nearest school is in Koutala, gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are near the area.
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