Terpni

Terpni Τερπνή
Community
Terpni
Coordinates: 40°55′N 23°29′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Visaltia
Municipal unit	Nigrita
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	1,593
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Terpni (Greek: Τερπνή) is a small town in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Visaltia, whose seat is in Nigrita. It has a population of 1,593 inhabitants (2021 census) and until 1928 was named Tserpista.[2]

History

A few kilometers southwest of Terpni, on the hill named Palaiokastro, are preserved the ruins of an ancient settlement identified with the Roman waystation (mutatio) Graero, known from the Roman itineraries.[3]

From a Greek inscription of Roman imperial times, we are informed that this settlement had the size of a city (polis) with all its known architectural monuments (bouleuterion, gymnasium, etc.).[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. ΕΛΛΑΔΑ (Ιστορία-Οικονομία-Πολιτισμός-Πρόσωπα-Γεωγραφία-Λαογραφία)- Νομός Σερρών, σ. 142, Εκδόσεις Δομή
3. [1] D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 117-118. ISBN 960-7265-16-5
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. 222-223, αρ. 17 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 17, # PH150654)-[2] Δ. Κ. Σαμσάρης, Ανέκδοτη επιγραφή των αυτοκρατορικών χρόνων από την Τερπνή Νιγρίτας, "Μακεδονικά" 20 (1980) 1-8