Sfelinos ( el, Σφελινός) is a village in the region of
Serres, northern
Greece. According to the
2021 Greek census
The 2021 Population and Housing Census ( el, Απογραφή ΠληθυσμούKατοικιών 2021) is a planned census in Greece to be conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority as part of the wider 2021 European Union census. As with t ...
, the village had 182 inhabitants.
History
There are
Acropolis
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ruins dating to the times of
Alexander the Great near the village. In the wider area of the settlement, ancient findindings and tombs with rich burials have been found. Especially on a tall and steep hill, known to the older inhabitants by the name of "Grandisnos", located about 4
km north of the village, parts of walls and foundations of an ancient castle are preserved.
In 1866, the village was known as "Sfilinon" and had 725
Greek inhabitants. According to the statistics of the
Bulgarian
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* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
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geographer
Vasil Kanchov, the village had 720 Orthodox Greek inhabitants by 1900. Its inhabitants are engaged in
agriculture, with the principal cultivation of
tobacco,
cereals,
almond
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s and
olive
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s, as well as
animal husbandry
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.
Hunting
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is practised in the area as well.
Hunting Map of Serres
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References
External links
Video showing the village from a drone
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Populated places in Serres (regional unit)
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