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ALOROS (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 92366
Aloros is one of the older villages of our municipality. It is built
near an ancient settlement,next to the place that ruins of ancient fortress are
found,a place called ancient Evropos,
ast the historians say.
It is southern of Aridea,
next to the road to Edessa
and Thessalonica, it is built
in the fringes of a hill with church of Saint George on the top, that is built
by the refugees residents that came, in 1922, from the region of Nikopoli of Pontos.
From 1960 and afterwards the majority of residents immigrated in the
centre and in big cities in Greece. Today has 550 residents and deal mainly with
the agriculture. Fruiterer trees (peaches, pears, apples and other), vines, asparaguses
are cultivated. The church of Saint Nikolaos, in the square of the village, celebrates
on 6 December. In the village exists the church of Saint George above the hill,
the chapel of Saint Hristoforos and the church of Saint Theodoros with a very
old temple.
APSALOS (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 65201
Apsalos, with 1054 residents, is found in a distance of 11 kilometres
from Aridea, in the road
to the Edessa and Thessalonica.
Built in the entry of province of Almopia, it is the first municipal
department that the visitor meet coming from Thessalonica and Edessa.
The history of Apsalos is lost in depths of centuries. According to
the Claudius the Ptolemaist (geographer of 2nd century ) Apsalos is considered
as one of the ancient cities of Almopia with Orma,
Evropos (Aloros) Ancient
Apsalos is related with the ancient settlement that is found in the road Apsalos
- Polikarpi,
next to the sources of waters.
The Christian residents of the village came in the period of 1922-34
after the mikrasiatiki(Asia Minor) destruction and the exchange of populations.
They were inhabitants from Pontos, Thraces and Mjkrasja'tes. In 1945 also came
some families vlaxoi.
The native of the Pont residents emigrated from the region of Hatzi'
Osma'n of Nikomidia,
Ak Tag Mate'n province of Ankara and Mpoylga'r Mate'n (mine of Bull) southern
Turkey. Also exist a few families of Pont's inhabitants that came from the region
of Trapezoyntas and
Tohouz.
DOROTHEA (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 22643
Dorothea has today 650 residents. In a small distance from Dorothea is the settlement
Virtuous, with 80 residents.
The residents are mainly farmers and cattle-breeders. They produce industrial
tomato, leeks and peaches. Outside the village, in asmall distance, is the church
of Saint Paraskevi. In Dorothea you can see old maintained and lived houses that
have been manufactured 10 years ago.
GAREFIO (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 75460
It is a mountainous settlement that is found in distance of 7 kilometres
from Aridea, in the borders
Greece and former Yugoslavia. The village took his name from the fighter of Macedonian
Fight capten Kostas Garefis.
The residents deal with the agriculture, the livestock-farming and
the forestal exploitations The Greek Macedonian captain Kostas Garefis was given
birth in the village Apple
trees of Pilion and fought for the release of Macedonia in the region of the
lake of Giannitsa. It died in August 1906 in the village Tsernesovo, that was
later renamed to his honour in Garefi.
LOUTRAKI (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 91213, 91170-3
Loutraki is a village with 1.280 residents. From 1992 toyrism started
to be developed and today they are hundred hotels that can entertain the visitors.
There are also a lot of modern hotels, restaurants, spaces of amusement and other
shops for the service.
The Spa,13 kms from Aridea,
the capital of Municipality, 20 kms from the ski center and 100 kms from Thessalonica.
In the place of the Spa and in Loutraki, there are hotels and apartments. Also,
there are a lot of shops for the service of visitors, restaurants, refreshment
stands, traditional cafes.
The visitors combine spa' waters with a line from activities as the
walks in the ecological paths and in the gorge of Baths, the mountaineering, the
ascension, the exploration in the caverns of region of Baths and the visit in
the ski center of Voras.
LYKOSTOMO (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 91320
The current name of the village emanated from a stream that goes down
from the mountain, reaches as the village and resembles with the mouth of wolf.
The settlement Stroumpino was named in Likostomo in 1926 and in 1929 was recognized
as a community with 684 residents. Today it has 368 residents and the biggest
birthrate in the region according to estimates.
Likostomo is an oasis of peacefulness, natural beauty and mental calm,
a laboratory of creation for people of all ages. The climate of the village is
marvelous. The mountain in the embrace of which is built Likostomo resembles with
a painting. The "old Outpost" little outside from the village accepts
visits all the time.
MEGAPLATANOS (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 94195
Fax: +30 23840 94500
Village of province of Almopia that are found near the villages Polikarpi
and Orma.
In Megaplatanos belongs the settlement Monastiraki. Today many people of Megaplatanos
live and work in Canada, Germany and Australia.
Cultural events are each year in the village on 20 September on the
day of the feast of Saint Efstathios. A beautiful settlement is Monastiraki.
Many of its residents live today in other big cities and particularly
in Athens. All however
have their houses in the village, that they visit very often and particularly
the summertime on 15 August when becomes the local festival with a lot of people.
Characteristic of the village, is the best quality of fruits.
More and detailed information, as well as many photos, there are on www.megaplatanos.com , which isn't the community's official website, but is run by private initiative.
ORMA (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 94125
Orma was a settlement of community of Megaplatanos up to 1929. In
1929 it was recognized as a community. With the inventory 1991 has a population
of 712 residents.
Its history is lost in depths of time.Traditional cultures. In Orma
they cultivate, onions, beans, peaches and cherries from best in Greece.
Today in the village there are hotels for the visitors . In Orma today
the tradition remains live, not only through a lot of traditional events that
are organized but also by the daily life of residents. You can see women dressed
in the traditional uniforms in all the festive events.
PIPERIES (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 23588
A plant gave its name to this village.
Place of pepper, the red pepper where the industries of the village
produce "mpoukovo". The pepper became synonym of village. Today from
the buildings of cottage industries and the two watermills that existed in the
village have only remained ruins. The residents in their majority are farmers,deal
with agriculture the viticulture.Grapes are produced in big quantities. Apart
from the grapes asparagusesare produced in big quantities and vegetables.
The village is found on the road Aridea
- Loutraki.
Two settlements belong today in the community of Piperia. Ano Rodonia
with 100 residents and Mikroxori that has been abandoned.
In the villagethere are some cottage industries, as traditionally
called "raki Distilleries".
POLYKARPI (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 31257
Polikarpi is one of the biggest villages of municipality and is found
between the villages of Apsalos
and Megaplatanos.
The residents of village insist they even live the delivery today.
If you remain few hours and speak with them you will realism immediately that
they remember their history and respect absolutely their delivery. To you they
will speak for the Ponto, the lost homelands, to you they will speak for their
works but also for their cultural events, the resurgence of their deliveries and
will laugh with the customs of their carnival.
SARAKINI (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 94065
Sarakini - Korifi
Mountainous villages in westwards the municipality, in Eastern the
North, in distance of hardly 18 kilometers from the ski
center.
The dense vegetation, the colours and perfumes from the mountainous
volume that surrounds the two villages, as well as unique quality rural products
that produce (cherries, apples, potatoes) constitute the advantages of settlements
and breath of life for the visitors. The cherries and the apples of Sarakini and
Top are considered qualitative best in all Greece.
The Sarakinoi (altitude 570 m.) they are found above in the street
that leads from the Aridea
to the ski center, via Cherry tree. Today they have 350 residents that deal mainly
with the agriculture and the livestock farming.
The Top (altitude 840 m.) it today has 126 residents. Small settlement
with the characteristic colour of mountainous settlements.
TSAKONES (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 23048
In them it trapped depend the settlements Golden and Down Rodonia,
to which henceforth it has linked the village. Today in them it trapped they live
permanently 1062 residents. The residents in their majority are farmers and cultivate
peaches, apples, kiwis etc.
In the village it exists and it functions one from bigger rural cooperatives
(Gekosa) that covers all the trade of fruits that is produced in the around region.
The old church of Saint Friday of Epivatini, that is found in Golden
celebrates men on 26th July, the events of however residents to her price become
on 14th October. This change became very old from then that because ceros, the
residents did not have time for cultural events but also the square filled wheat
from alonia that became this season.
VORINO (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 71370
Vorino, Neochori and Pefkoto are settlements that constituted a community. Today
they are in the Municipality of Aridea with a local council. From Vorino, starts
the road that leads to the tops of Vora. Here, in a big forestall extents, we
will meet the pentaveloni pine tree and through the big forests you can go up
to the top "Pinovo ".
Neochori and Pefkoto are small villages that are found near Vorino.
XIFIANI (Village) PELLA
Tel: +30 23840 92100
Xifiani is found on the 5th kilometer of national road Aridea
- Thessaloniki.
The village - many people say - lives from the period of Byzantium.
It was named Xifiani from the name of Byzantine General Nikiforos Xifias.
The oldest building in the village is the church of Ag. Dimitrios
that was built in 1857 with special authorization of Turkish period.It was released
in the 4-11-1912 with important attendance of residents in the Macedonian Fight.
Today Xifiani has 879 residents that mainly deal with the agriculture
and the livestock farming. The old church of Saint Dimitrios, above in the homonym
hill, with view to all the Almopia. A lot of world is assembled on 26 October,
day of feast of Saint Dimitrios.
ARIDEA (Town) PELLA
Tel: +30 23843 50200
Fax: +30 23843 50213
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