Megali Vrysi
Μεγάλη Βρύση
The church photographed by the French Army in July 1916
The church photographed by the French Army in July 1916
Megali Vrysi is located in Greece
Megali Vrysi
Megali Vrysi
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°00′26.67″N 22°47′41.36″E / 41.0074083°N 22.7948222°E / 41.0074083; 22.7948222
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitKilkis
MunicipalityKilkis (municipality)
Municipal unitKilkis
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Community
[1]
 • Population492 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
612 00
Area code(s)23430
Vehicle registrationKI

Megali Vrysi or Megali Vrisi (Greek: Μεγάλη Βρύση, old name: Greek: Αρμουτσή Armutsi / Armoutsi)[2] is a village in the Kilkis region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Kilkis, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia.

Geography

Physical Geography

The terrain around Megali Vrysi is mainly flat, but to the northeast it is hilly.[lower-alpha 1] The highest point in the vicinity is 335 meters above sea level, 3.2 km east of Megali Vrysi.[lower-alpha 2] Around Megali Vrysi it is quite densely populated, with 58 inhabitants per square kilometre.[4] The nearest major community is Kilkis, 6.8 km east of Megali Vrysi. The area around Megali Vrysi consists mostly of agricultural land.[5]

The climate in the area is temperate . Average annual temperature in the neighbourhood is 16 °C . The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 30 °C, and the coldest is December, with 2 °C.[6] Average annual rainfall is 844 millimetres. The wettest month is February, with an average of 116 mm of precipitation, and the driest is August, with 21 mm of precipitation.[7]

Administration

Until 1994, it was the seat of the community of Megali Vrysi, to which the neighbouring settlement of Metalliko also belonged. After the implementation of the Kapodistrias plan, it joined the municipality of Kilkis.[8] According to the Kallikratis plan, it is the local community of Megali Vrysi that belongs to the municipal unit of Kilkis of the municipality of Kilkis and according to the 2011 census has a population of 492 permanent residents.[9]

History

In the Ottoman Empire

The " Ethnography vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Salonika ", published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflects the statistics of the male population by 1873, Armutliya ( Armoutlia ) is listed as a village in Hisar said Aurelia with 40 houses and 105 inhabitants Pomaks.[10] According to Vasil Kanchov (" Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics "), in 1900 Ali Hadjalar had 350 Bulgarian Christians and 20 Gypsies.[11]

In Greece

After the Second Balkan War, Armutchi was under Greek sovereignty. This area of the Macedonian front was the scene of fighting between the Bulgarians and the Entente forces dominated by the Armée d'Orient (1915–1919). A number of photos from this time have survived.[12] In 1927 the village was renamed Megali Vrisi.[13] Its inhabitants emigrated and were replaced by Greek refugees. In 1928, Armutchi was presented as a purely refugee village with 121 refugee families and 451 people.[14]

Notes

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated from the variance in all elevation data (DEM 3 ") from Viewfinder Panoramas, within 10 km radius.[3] sv:Lsjbot-algoritmnot
  2. ↑ Calculated from height data (DEM 3 ") from Viewfinder Panoramas.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ↑ "Μετονομασίες των Οικισμών της Ελλάδας" [Renames of the Settlements of Greece] (in Greek). Πανδέκτης: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
  4. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές Οικισμών" [Administrative Changes of Settlements]. ΕΕΤΑΑ (in Greek). Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  9. ↑ "ΦΕΚ αποτελεσμάτων ΜΟΝΙΜΟΥ πληθυσμού απογραφής 2011" [FEK results of PERMANENT population census 2011]. Hellenic Statistical Authority. 20 March 2014. image 40 of 432 marked as "page 10504". Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  10. ↑ Kusev, Metodiy; Gruev, Georg; et al. Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Andrinople, de Monastir et de Salonique [Ethnography of the provinces of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki]. Courrier d'Orient. pp. 161–162.
  11. ↑ Kanchov, Vasil (1996) [1900]. Makedonija : etnografija i statistika [Macedonia: Ethnography and statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 165. ISBN 978-9-54-430424-9. OCLC 164844115. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ "Wikimedia Commons results when "secteur de Armutci" is searched".
  13. ↑ "Λιθοξόου, Δημήτρης. Μετονομασίες των οικισμών της Μακεδονίας 1919 - 1971" [LITHOXOU, Dimitris. Renamed settlements of Macedonia 1919 - 1971] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  14. ↑ "Κατάλογος των προσφυγικών συνοικισμών της Μακεδονίας σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Επιτροπής Αποκαταστάσεως Προσφύγων (ΕΑΠ) έτος 1928" [List of refugee settlements in Macedonia according to the data of the Committee for the Rehabilitation of Refugees (EAP) year 1928] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
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