Nea Zichni () is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, of

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region,

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. Population 8,267 (2021). Nea Zichni is also the name of the administrative seat of the municipality, population 1,547 (2021).

History

The city was originally built next to the marches of Lake Achinos, on the hill of "Toumba" (2 km south of Nea Zichni) and it was called Ichna (). It was a

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n city, that was sometime in the 5th or early 4th century BC incorporated into the

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. Another city by the same name Ichna is mentioned by

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being next to

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, by the estuary of the Loudias and

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rivers. The name Ichna is a Paionian cognate of the Greek word "ichnos" () which means "stepping ground" a name appropriate for a city built on the sand between the marsh and the lake (or the sea). The original Ichna remained a city throughout the

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and

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eras, only to be destroyed and was rebuilt far from the lake in its original position on the hills. In the Ottoman tax registry of 1519 ( Hijri 925), it was recorded as , and the town had 46 Muslim and 419 Christian households, along with 27 Muslim and 73 Christian bachelors and 141 Christian

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s; it was a zeamet. In the 19th century it was a

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centre in the Sanjak of Serres in the Salonica Eyalet.http://muhacirin.blogcu.com/su-albumden-selanik-hatiralari-ekleyen-selanik-selanik-vilayet/7614320 Administrative Division of Selanik Province (Turkish)

Municipality

The municipality Nea Zichni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Alistrati *Nea Zichni The municipality has an area of 404.307 km², the municipal unit 274.429 km². The municipal unit Nea Zichni consists of the communities Agios Christoforos, Agriani, Anastasia, Dimitra, Draviskos, Gazoros, Mavrolofos, Mesorrachi, Myrkinos, Myrrini, Nea Petra, Nea Zichni, Sfelinos and Tholos.

Gallery

Image:Nea Zichni.jpg, General view of Nea Zichni with Pangaion Mountain behind. Image:Nea Zichni countryside.JPG, Nea Zichni countryside in Toumba location. File:2010 Dimos Neas Zichnis.svg, Nea Zichni municipality

External links

*http://www.dimos-neaszixnis.gr

References

{{Nea Zichni div Municipalities of Central Macedonia Populated places in Serres (regional unit)