Metalliko, Kilkis

Metalliko Μεταλλικό
Metalliko
Coordinates: 41°01′N 22°49′E / 41.017°N 22.817°ECoordinates: 41°01′N 22°49′E / 41.017°N 22.817°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Kilkis
Municipality	Kilkis
Population (2011)[1]
• Rural	386
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Metalliko (Greek: Μεταλλικό, meaning 'mineral', before 1926: Γιάννες - Giannes;^[2] Macedonian Slavic: Јанес, Janes; Bulgarian: Янешево, Yaneshevo) is a settlement in the city of Kilkis, in northern Greece, located 6 km northwest of downtown Kilkis. In 2011 the settlement's population was 386. The village is named after a nearby spring of mineral water. Metalliko is 19 km south of Doirani, which is a border crossing into the Republic of Macedonia. Metalliko has a train station on the line from Thessaloniki to Serres and Alexandroupoli.

Population

Year	Population
1991	412
2001	371
2011	386

History

In ancient times (12th century BC), Phrygians founded the town Vragylos in the place where Metalliko now lies. Vragylos decayed during the Roman times. The area was ruled by the Ottomans until the Balkan Wars of 1913. It was inhabited by Turks, Bulgarians and Greeks at that time.^[3] It became a part of Greece in 1913 and was then settled by Greek refugees from Asia Minor and people from other parts of Greek Macedonia, many of them arrived during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).

Many of the inhabitants of Metalliko were followers of the Greek Communist Party during the civil war which followed the Second World War.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Name changes of settlements in Greece
3. In Greek: "Christos Intos: Centres of Organization, Action and Resistance of the Greeks of Kilkis Prefecture during the Macedonian Struggle" Proceedings of Conclave "100 Years after Pavlos Melas' Death", Company of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki 2004

External links

• Metalliko on GTP Travel Pages