Pentapoli

Pentapoli Πεντάπολη
Community
Pentapoli
Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 23°41′20″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Emmanouil Pappas
Municipal unit	Emmanouil Pappas
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	773
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Pentapoli (Greek: Πεντάπολη, Byzantine Greek: Ξυλοπήγαδο) a small town in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 14 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas.[2] It has a population of 773 inhabitants (2021). Until 1928 it was named Sarmusakli (Σαρμουσακλή).[3]

At Pentapolis is testified the traces of an ancient settlement.[4] His cemetery was unveiled at the location "Alonia", where coins and vases of Roman times had been found in the past.[5]

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. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. Πεντάπολις (Σερρών), EETAA local government changes
4. [1] D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157 (website of Municipality of Serres)
5. [2] 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. 180. ISBN 960-7265-16-5