Nigrita
History
Near Nigrita have been found several sites of ancient settlements of the Hellenistic and Roman times. One of them was perhaps the site of the ancient city Bisaltia, capital of the Bisaltae, which is known by Stephanus of Byzantium.
In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 7) of 1478 (Hijri 883), the settlement is recorded as a village with the name Nigrita, within the kaza of Siroz. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was a prosperous town where cotton, silver and copper were processed. The town became a part of Kingdom of Greece until after the 1913 Second Balkan War.
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 2,500 Greek Christians lived in the village in 1900.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Nigrita is subdivided into the following communities:
- Anthi
- Flampouro
- Nigrita
- Terpni
- Therma
Historical population
Year | Town population | Municipality population |
---|---|---|
1991 | 6,186 | 10,668 |
2001 | 5,566 | 9,783 |
2011 | 4,947 | 8,963 |
2021 | 4,892 | 7,865 |
See also
- List of settlements in the Serres regional unit
- Austen Harrison, town planner of Nigrita after WWI