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Terpni Τερπνή
Community
Terpni
Coordinates: 40°55′N 23°29′E / 40.917°N 23.483°E / 40.917; 23.483
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Visaltia
Municipal unit	Nigrita
Population
• 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.

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.

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.).

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. 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)- Δ. Κ. Σαμσάρης, Ανέκδοτη επιγραφή των αυτοκρατορικών χρόνων από την Τερπνή Νιγρίτας, "Μακεδονικά" 20 (1980) 1-8

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