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Evropos

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Evropos
Ευρωπός
Municipal unit
Fountain in the central square of Evropos
Fountain in the central square of Evropos
Location within the regional unit
Location within the regional unit
Evropos is located in Greece
Evropos
Evropos
Coordinates: 40°54′N 22°33′E / 40.900°N 22.550°E / 40.900; 22.550
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitKilkis
MunicipalityPaionia
Area
 • Municipal unit80.9 km2 (31.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
3,757
 • Municipal unit density46.4/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Community
1,413
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΙ

Evropos (Greek: Ευρωπός, before 1925: Ασικλάρ Ašiklar) is a village in the Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located in the municipality of Paionia, of which it is a municipal unit. The modern village is built adjacent to the ancient town of Europos, which is most known for being the birthplace of Seleucus I Nicator, the founder of the Seleucid Empire. The municipal unit also encompasses several smaller nearby villages, adding up to a population of 3,757, of whom 1,143 live in the village of Evropos.

History

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Ancient town

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The Kouros found in Europos on display at the Archaeological Museum of Kilkis in 2012.

The modern village of Evropos is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) frοm the ancient town of Europos.[2] Europos is most known for being the birthplace of Seleucus I Nicator, a general of the Kingdom of Macedon during the Wars of Philip II and the Wars of Alexander the Great, later founding the Seleucid Empire during the Wars of the Diadochi.[3] Archaeological excavations were initiated in the area in 1989 and uncovered a large part of the ancient town's necropolis. However, the most notable artifact was discovered years earlier in 1966, in a field by accident during tillage. It is a Kouros sculpture dating back to the 6th century BCE and standing at a height of 1.80 metres (5.9 ft).[2] It is the only Kouros to have been discovered in Northern Greece,[4] though studies of the composition of the marble that was used for the sculpture suggest that it may have been constructed somewhere in the Cyclades.[2] It is now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Kilkis.[4]

Modern history

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Memorial in Evropos for the Greek genocide victims of Fulacık and Tsanto.

Evropos was known as Ašiklar before 1925[5] and it was located within the territory of the Ottoman Empire until 1913, when it was ceded to Greece in the Treaty of Bucharest that ended the Balkan Wars.[6] Its inhabitants were Turkish up until 1923, when they were transferred to Turkey during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922.[2][7][8] Greeks settled in their place, the majority of whom came from Bithynia, with 277 families coming from the village of Fulacık and 9 from the village of Kızderbent, while 83 families came from the village of Tsanto (now Çantaköy) in East Thrace and 7 families came from Pontus. In addition, 11 families from the nearby Aromanian village of Megala Livadia also moved there, as well as 2 families of Caucasus Greeks from Armenia. Most of the settlers from Fulacık, who formed the majority of Evropos' population, despite being ethnically Greek, spoke Turkish as their native language.[9]

Administration

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Evropos is a municipal unit of the municipality of Paionia, located in northern Greece in the Kilkis regional unit of the Central Macedonia region. Prior to the 2011 local government reform it used to be its own municipality.[10] The municipal unit covers an area of 80.922 km2[11] and is subdivided into five communities:[2]

  • Evropos
  • Agios Petros
  • Mesia
  • Polypetro
  • Toumpa
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References

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  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 2 3 4 5 "Δημοτική Ενότητα Ευρωπού". Municipality of Paionia (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Seleucid empire". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  4. 1 2 "Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο". Municipality of Kilkis (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  5. ↑ Asiklar - Evropos
  6. ↑ "Balkan Wars". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
  7. ↑ Chalkiopoulos, Athanasios (1910). Εθνολογική στατιστική των βιλαετίων Θεσσαλονίκης και Μοναστηρίου [Ethnological statistics of the vilayets of Salonica and Monastir] (in Greek). Athens: Nomikis.
  8. ↑ Shaldev, Hristo (1930). "Областьта Боймия въ Югозападна Македония" [The Region of Boymiya in Southwestern Macedonia] (PDF). Македонски прегледъ [Macedonian Review] (in Bulgarian). 6 (1). Sofia: Macedonian Scientific Institute: 63.
  9. ↑ Mporakis, Theodoros. "Mνημείο γενοκτονίας του Eλληνισμού των αλησμόνητων πατρίδων, Ευρωπός". Digital Glyptotheque (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  10. ↑ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  11. ↑ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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