Neo Souli (Greek: Νέο Σούλι) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, located 7 km east of Serres. Since the 2011 administrative reform it is a municipal unit of the municipality Emmanouil Pappas. It has a population of 2,051 inhabitants (2021) and until 1928 it was named Soumpaskioi.

Neo Souli
Νέο Σούλι
Neo Souli is located in Greece
Neo Souli
Neo Souli
Coordinates: 41°05′38″N 23°38′35″E / 41.094°N 23.643°E / 41.094; 23.643
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitSerres
MunicipalityEmmanouil Pappas
Municipal unitEmmanouil Pappas
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
2,051
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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At the southeastern end of Neo Souli, on the "Agrianista" hill, has been found an ancient settlement, with continuous habitation from prehistoric to modern years.[2]

In Roman times the settlement belonged to the territory ("chora") of the city of Sirra (modern Serres), from which it was administratively dependent.[3] South of Neo Souli the ancient necropolis was extended, where various archaeological findings (vases, reliefs, coins etc.) were found, as well as Greek inscriptions of the Roman imperial period.[4]

See also

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List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

References

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  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 175-176. ISBN 960-7265-16-5
  3. ^ [2] D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 162-163 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
  4. ^ D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Δωδώνη 18(1989), τεύχ. 1, σ. 268-269, αρ. 100-102 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 100, # PH150739) The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 101, # PH150740)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 102, # PH150741)