Krya Vrysi (, ''Plasničevo'' , before 1927: Πλάσνα ''Plasna''EETAA local government changes
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, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 76.956 km². It is located 75 km west of

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and 2 km east of the

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settlement of Nea Nikomideia.

History

The town of Krya Vrysi, named ''Plasna'' before 1927, became an independent community in 1934, when it was separated from Valta. After the lake that covered the place was drained, the people had trouble finding drinkable water. When they found a source of cold, clear water, they called it "water from the ''Krya Vrysi'' (Cold Spring)", thus giving the town its name. The community Krya Vrysi became a municipality in 1990. The economy in the area is primarily based on agriculture with the farmers mainly growing corn and asparagus. They were also growing a great amount of Berley tobacco, until 2005 when the production was stopped in the region due to European Union's economical issues.

Annual events

Krya Vrysi, being the centre for many smaller villages, is the host of various annual events. The Krya Vrysi Carnival has been the biggest regional multi-event including a large carnival procession. It takes place each year on the carnival three days' holiday since 1988 and has become an important tourist attraction for the town. During the Greek economic crisis it was temporarily paused (2009-2011). Another major annual event is the Agrotechnical Expo which is held in September. It combines a number of agricultural-related exhibits with a funfair (gr. πανηγύρι).

Sports

Krya Vrysi hosts at the Yiannis Tserkezidis Municipal Stadium the Apollon Krya Vrysi sports club founded in 1960. It currently competes in the 1. local league, but in the past it was promoted to the 2. national league. On the occasion of an initiative of the association of Veteran Footballers of Apollon Krya Vrysi for the creation of the Apollo Museum and the Folklore Museum of Krya Vrysi, the club invited the 2004 European Champion to the municipal stadium in September 2023 along with many other internationally known football personalities (see images below). The international guests competed in a friendly game with the team of Veteran Footballers ΤΦ1.jpg, Ioannis Topalidis,

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, Andreas Vlahos,

Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas (, born 3 August 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad. Ca ...

Giorgos Karagounis Georgios Karagkounis (; born 6 March 1977), known as Giorgos Karagounis (), is a Greeks, Greek former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. In his club career, Karagounis played for Panathinaikos F.C., Pana ...

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Notable natives

# Demosthenes Delegiannis (*1938), lawyer, politician. From 1973 to 1981 he had been Member of Parliament. # Takis Fostiropoulos, *1950, President of the

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Coaches Association (Σύνδεσμος Προπονητών Ποδοσφαίρου Πειραιά) that received honours from UNESCO (2016). In 1990 he had been the first coach of the then founded

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, and 1989–2002 coach of the Joint Youth and Children Groups of

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. 1966–74 he had been team member of ''Apollon Kryas Vrysis'' (Απόλλων Κρύας Βρύσης) when the team had been playing in the second national league. # Dimitra Markovitsi, *1954, is an Emeritus Research Director at the French National Center for Scientific Research. Her studies shed light on the first steps occurring when ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by DNA. She is the Chair of the International Foundation for Photochemistry and served as President of the European Photochemistry Association (2007-2010). With her husband,
Gérard Balland
she translated into French the historical novel by M. Karagatsis "Sergius and Bacchus" ''(ISBN 978-2-336-44392-8) et (ISBN 978-2-336-44795-7'' # Nikolaos Fostiropoulos, *1958, had been elected to the

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(Germany) City Council from 1999 to 2019 as a member of the left party

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. He is founder and owner of company ''alfatraining'' that has been listed in the top 20 of German providers of further education.Top 20 retraining providers in Germany
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Konstantinos Fostiropoulos Konstantinos Fostiropoulos is a Greek physicist who has been working in Germany in the areas nano-materials, solid-state physics, molecular physics, astrophysics, and thermodynamics. From 2003 to 2016 he has been founder and head of the ''Organic ...

, *1960, physicist, 2003–2016 head of the ''Organic Solar Cells Group'' at HZB. In 1989/90 he was the first to develop a method to synthesize the "football molecule" C₆₀ fullerene
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* {{Authority control Populated places in Pella (regional unit) Pella (municipality) el:Δήμος Πέλλας#Κρύας Βρύσης