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Toumpa, Serres

Toumpa (Greek: Τούμπα) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas and has a population of 468 inhabitants (2021). The village bore the same name before 1928.

History

On the hillside of Phakistra, located very close to Toumpa, a lot of archaeological finds have been unearthed over time and between them two Greek inscriptions of Roman imperial times (2nd century AD). All these testifies to the existence of an ancient settlement with a continuous life from prehistoric to Byzantine times.

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 279-281, n. 118-119 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 118, # PH150758)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 119, # PH150759)
  3. ^ [1] D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 179. ISBN 960-7265-16-5