Oreini, Serres

Municipal unit in Greece

Oreini Ορεινή
Municipal unit
General view of Oreini
41°12′N 23°36′E / 41.200°N 23.600°E / 41.200; 23.600
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Serres
Area
• Municipal unit	54.3 km² (21.0 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	575
• Municipal unit density	11/km² (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Oreini (Greek: Ορεινή) is a village and a former community 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 54.309 km².^[3] Population is 575 inhabitants (2021).

Northeast of the modern village (approximately 2 km), on the hill of "Prophet Helias", the site of a Roman settlement has been identified.^[4] ^[5] His foundation, dating back to early antiquity, is associated with the rich iron mines of mountain Vrontous, as is evidenced by the discovery of an iron smelter side the ruins of a Roman castle, located 3–4 km east of the hill of "Prophet Helias".^[6]

The ruins of Banitsa, a formerly Bulgarian inhabited village abandoned in 1913, are also nearby.

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.
^ Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 174. ISBN 960-7265-16-5. Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Dimitrios C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 167 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
^ Dimitrios C. Samsaris, Ancient castle and iron smelter near the modern village Oreini of Serres (in Greek), Makedonika 19 (1979), p. 240-251