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Serres (Greek Σέρρες ( f pl), older even Serre Σέρραι; . Bulgarian Сяр / Sjar ) is a town and municipality ( Dimos Serron Δήμος Σερρών ) in the Greek region Central Macedonia. Serres was until 2010 also the capital of the Prefecture of Serres. With the administrative reform of 2010, five neighboring municipalities were amalgamated to Serres. The city of Serres, is the administrative seat of the municipality, came in 2011 to 58 287 inhabitants.
Here also the football team Panserraikos is located.
Location
Serres is the running from northwest to southeast plain of the river Strymonas approximately in the middle and the eastern boundary of the Foothills Kouskouras ( altitude 1623 m), Menikio ( altitude 1963 m) and Vrondous ( altitude 1849 m). The river Strymonas runs south of the city; between Strymonas and the city runs the Belitsa channel, which belongs to the irrigation system of the intensively farmed Strymnoas level. The Kerkini Reservoir is located northwest of the city.
Economy and Transport
Serres is an important economic center, especially for trade with the Balkan states. In addition, Serres is a major transportation hub in the Greek province of Macedonia, especially for the traffic to and from Bulgaria. This is handled on the national road 12 (Thessaloniki - Serres- Kavala - Lefkonas ) and the National Highway 63 ( Lefkonas - Sidirokastro - Promachonas - Bulgaria). According to the importance of the national roads and the European Route 79 (Sofia -Thessaloniki ). The national road 63 and the section 12 of the National Road Thessaloniki to Serres be replaced in the future by being built Highway 12. From Serres a railway line runs north into Bulgaria and Kilkis, to the south the stretch leads to drama.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer who became famous for his unique headed goals in the European Championship 2004.
- Moshe Cohen, Greek - Jewish intellectual and sociologist, later living in Turkey and have become known as Munis Tekinalp.
- Maria Tziatzi Papa Gianni, Greek children 's books writer