Kroussa or Kroussia (; Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavic: ''Krusha'', meaning "

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the Family (biology), family Rosaceae, bearing the Pome, po ...

") is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Kilkis regional unit,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Kilkis Kilkis () is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2021 there were 24,130 people living in the city proper, 27,493 people living in the municipal unit, and 45,308 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional un ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the northeastern corner of the regional unit, bordering western

Serres Serres ( ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The c ...

and northern

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 588.877 km². Its population is 3,666 (2021 census). The seat of the municipality was in Terpyllos (pop. 613). Melissourgio is one of the most picturesque villages in the municipal unit. Agios Antonios is one of the villages nearby. The largest communities in the municipal unit are Térpyllos, Efkarpía (pop. 415), Eptálofos (324), Váthi (269) and Ísoma (258). The municipal unit is divided into 19 communities. In Palatiano, there is the most important archaeological site of Northern Greece. It was the ancient city of ''Ioron'', flourished from 10th century BC to 3rd century AD, continuously. In the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts that were mainly fought between Greek and Bulgarian subjects who lived in Ottoman Macedonia between 1893 and 1912. From 1904 to 1908 the conflict was p ...

, people of Kroussa villages fought in order to free their lands from Turkish and Bulgarians. Some of the Macedonian Fighters are: * Ioannis Villioglou "Kapetan Ramnalis", Issoma, (1885–1923) *father Dimitrios Papadimitriou, Issoma *Nikolaos Kapoulas, Koronouda

External links

Official website

References

Populated places in Kilkis (regional unit) Kilkis {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub bg:Круша (дем)