Asprovalta

Asprovalta Ασπροβάλτα
Asprovalta
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°43′N 23°42′E / 40.717°N 23.700°E / 40.717; 23.700Coordinates: 40°43′N 23°42′E / 40.717°N 23.700°E / 40.717; 23.700
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Volvi
Municipal unit	Agios Georgios
Community[1]
• Population	2,838 (2011)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Asprovalta (Greek: Ασπροβάλτα) is a town in the regional unit of Thessaloniki in northern Greece. It was the seat of the Agios Georgios municipality. Since the implementation of the Kallikratis Plan in January 2011, Asprovalta belongs to the Municipality of Volvi. Its population numbers 2,838 people.

History

Near the modern town, the ruins of a roman station of the Via Egnatia are preserved which was called Pennana.^[2] According to a manuscript of Simonopetra monastery in Mount Athos, Asprovalta was built in the 16th century. Its first name was Aspra Valta. After the Asia Minor Disaster, 54 families from Erenköy of Troas (near the ancient city of Ophryneion) were installed in Asprovalta.^[3]

Historical population

References

1. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 
2. ↑ D. C. Samsaris, Pennana, A Roman station (mutatio) of the Via Egnatia (in Greek), Dodona 15 (1986), 1, p. 69-84.
3. ↑ "Ιστορία". Δημοτικό Σχολείο Ασπροβάλτας. Retrieved 15 July 2014.