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Loutrochori Λουτροχώρι
Settlement
Church of Agii Pandes
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Municipality	Skydra
Area
• Total	7.506 km (2.898 sq mi)
Highest elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Lowest elevation	59 m (194 ft)
Population
• Total	466
• Density	62/km (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	585 00
Area code(s)	23810
Vehicle registration	ΕΕ

Loutrochori(on) (Greek: Λουτροχώρι(οv) meaning "bath town"; formerly Bania, Μπάνια, Macedonian: Бања, meaning "baths"), is a village in the Pella Prefecture, of Macedonia in Greece. According to the 2001 census, population was is 466), area is 3.96 square kilometers, and population density is 118 per square kilometers. The village is on a hill, giving it views over the surrounding countryside.

Loutrochori is situated 25 km north to the Egnatia Highway (or GR-2, or E90). Its nearest train stations with the OSE's SPAP line are 2.5 km east (Petrea), 5 km southeast (Episkopi) and 7 km northeast (Skydra). The famous Iamatica Loutra of Loutrochori (thermal baths) is situated just 0.5 km near to the lokal mountain Canber (358 m / 1,175 feet).

History

Ancient era

The Loutrochori area has been a spa from the 4th century BC under the Macedonian Kingdom.

Modern era

Modern Loutrochori is a relatively new village and it was founded in the 1920s by the first Greek refugees from Pontus, under the name "Μπάνια" (Bania). After the Pontic Greek Genocide and the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), a large number of Pontic Greek refugees arrived in the village as a result of the population exchange according to the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1926, the village name was changed to the "Λουτροχώρι" (Loutrochori).

Demographics

Location	Historical populations (Statistics, 1923-2001)
Loutrochori	Census	Population	Change	Percentage	Density	Percent of the municipality	Percent of the prefecture	Percent of Greece
	1913*	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	1920	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	1928**	115	---	---	15 /km²	---	≈ 0.12%	≈ 0.0019%
	1940	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	1951	367	---	---	49 /km²	≈ 3.77%	≈ 0.31%	≈ 0.0048%
	1961	435	+ 68	+ 18.53%	58 /km²	≈ 3.51%	≈ 0.33%	≈ 0.0052%
	1971	391	- 44	- 10.12%	52 /km²	≈ 2.94%	≈ 0.31%	≈ 0.0045%
	1981	772	+ 381	+ 97.44%	103 /km²	≈ 5.32%	≈ 0.58%	≈ 0.0080%
	1991	483	- 289	- 37.43%	64 /km²	≈ 3.17%	≈ 0.35%	≈ 0.0048%
	2001	466	- 17	- 3.52 %	62 /km²	≈ 2.98%	≈ 0.32%	≈ 0.0043%
	2007***	445	- 21	- 4.51 %	59 /km²	≈ 2.88%	≈ 0.30%	≈ 0.0040%
	*Foundation. **Post-Population exchange. ***Estimate.

The village's population grew rapidly after 1923. After the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, the population steadily declined as residents moved to larger towns and cities or emigrated.

The inhabitants are (100%) ethnic Greeks and Greek Orthodox Christians .

Geography and climate

Loutrochori is the southwestern part of the municipality of Skydra. It is 20 km southeast of the prefectural capital of Edessa in Central part of Macedonia in Greece. Loutrochori is bounded by the prefecture of Imathia to the southwest and it is 25 km northwest of the capital Veria. It sits at an elevation of around 90 meters above mean sea level and the population is approximately from 500 (in winter) to 800 (in summer) inhabitants.

Loutrochori covers an area of some 3.96 km² (2 sq.mi.), between the mountains Vermio (2,052 m / 6,732 feet) to the southwest, Voras (2,524 m / 8,281 feet) to the northwest and Paiko (1,650 m / 5,413 feet) to the northeast.

Loutrochori is located at a distance of 540 kilometers northwest of the present day Greek capital - Athens by road, 38 kilometers north of the royal capital of ancient Macedon - Vergina, 53 kilometers west of the first capital of the Greek Macedonian Kingdom and birthplace of Alexander the Great - Pella and 77 kilometers northwest of Thessaloniki, the present day capital of Greek Macedonia.

The average temperature is 15 degrees Celsius and the average rainfall about 470 millimetres per year.

Loutrochori has a Mediterranean climate with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. The warmest month is August, with 18 °C to 32 °C (64 to 90 °F). Record high temperatures of up to 42 °C (108 °F). The coolest month is January, averaging 1 °C to 7 °C (34 to 44 °F).

Economy

Loutrochori produces cherries, apples, some strawberries and peaches.

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References

1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
2. Template:El icon 2001 Census, National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ), (PDF 875 KB / GR-591109 02 : Λουτροχώρι (Loutrochori)
3. Template:El icon Ιαματική Πηγή Λουτροχωρίου (Δήμος Σκύδρας)
4. Template:El icon „Κατάλογος των προσφυγικών συνοικισμών της Μακεδονίας σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Επιτροπής Αποκαταστάσεως Προσφύγων (ΕΑΠ) έτος 1928“.
5. Template:El icon „Μετονομασίες των οικισμών της Μακεδονίας 1919 - 1971“.
6. ^ Template:El icon Συγκριτικά στοιχεία απογραφών, ετών 1951-2001, του Δήμου Σκύδρας. Municipality of Skydra www.skydra.gr. Retrieved on 2008 01-04.
7. "Local weather". Fallingrain. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

External links

• Loutrochori on GTP Travel Pages (Community)
• Loutrochórion (Pélla, Macedonia, Greece)
• Map of Central Macedonia. - Loutrochori NW (20)
• Template:El icon Primary school of Loutrochori
• Template:El icon Kindergarten of Loutrochori
• Template:El icon Loutrochori (epigraphy, Delacoulonche 242,24)
• Template:El icon History and Information about the baths of Loutrochori

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v t e Places adjacent to Loutrochori, Pella
Kesariana, Flamouria Sevastiana, Rizari Rizo, Skydra Agia Fotini, Polla Nera Loutrochori Petrea, Arseni Rodochori, Gianakochori Marina, Lefkadia Plevroma, Episkopi

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• Pella
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