Lefkonas

Municipal unit in Greece

Lefkonas Λευκώνας
Municipal unit
41°06′N 23°29′E / 41.100°N 23.483°E / 41.100; 23.483
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Serres
Area
• Municipal unit	68.2 km² (26.3 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	3,534
• Municipal unit density	52/km² (130/sq mi)
• Community	2,221
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Lefkonas (Greek: Λευκώνας) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Serres, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 68.247 km².^[3] Population 3,534 (2021).

Near the village - on the hill of "Simitzi-bair" - the location of an ancient settlement has been found.^[4]

Notable people

Sakis Anastasiadis
Kostas Tsimikas
Christos Archontidis
Iraklis Kyriakidis

External links

Local Authority (Dimos) Webpage

References

^ "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.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "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.
^ [1] Dimitrios C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 164 (Website of Municipality of Serres)