Neo Souli, Serres

Neo Souli Νέο Σούλι
Community
Neo Souli
Coordinates: 41°05′38″N 23°38′35″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Emmanouil Pappas
Municipal unit	Emmanouil Pappas
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	2,051
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Neo Souli (Greek: Νέο Σούλι) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, located 7 km east of Serres. Since the 2011 administrative reform it is a municipal unit of the municipality Emmanouil Pappas. It has a population of 2,051 inhabitants (2021) and until 1928 it was named Soumpaskioi.

History

At the southeastern end of Neo Souli, on the "Agrianista" hill, has been found an ancient settlement, with continuous habitation from prehistoric to modern years.[2]

In Roman times the settlement belonged to the territory ("chora") of the city of Sirra (modern Serres), from which it was administratively dependent.[3] South of Neo Souli the ancient necropolis was extended, where various archaeological findings (vases, reliefs, coins etc.) were found, as well as Greek inscriptions of the Roman imperial period.[4]

See also

List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

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. [1] Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 175-176. ISBN 960-7265-16-5
3. [2] D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 162-163 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
4. 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), Δωδώνη 18(1989), τεύχ. 1, σ. 268-269, αρ. 100-102 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 100, # PH150739) The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 101, # PH150740)The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 102, # PH150741)