Achladochori, Serres

Achladochori (Greek: Αχλαδοχώρι, meaning "pear village", Bulgarian: Крушево, Krushevo) 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 Sintiki, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 187.019 km².^[3] Population 643 (2021).

Achladochori Αχλαδοχώρι
Municipal unit
View from Achladochori
Achladochori Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°19′N 23°33′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Sintiki
Area
• Municipal unit	187.0 km2 (72.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	643
• Municipal unit density	3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
• Community	518
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Near Achladochori there was an ancient city (probably the city of Tristolos), whose ruins has been found on the hill "Gradista", located 4 km north-east of the village.^[4]

See also

• List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

References

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. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "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.
4. Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 125. ISBN 960-7265-16-5