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Irlandos at 12:44, November 5, 2005

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! align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics
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| [[Prefectures of Greece|Prefecture]] and [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Serres prefecture|Serres]] (capital)
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| [[Provinces of Greece|Provinces]] and [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Province of Serres|Serres]] (capital)
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 41.085667/41°5'10" N lat.23.541667/23°32'30" E long
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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||   80,000   
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| about 40 m 53 m (centre) Menoikio mountains (northeast)
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| Number of communities: || -
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 621 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 232|23210]] (030-23210)-2 thru 7 
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 4721
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>EP</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || SRS '''S'''e'''r'''re'''s'''
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| Name of inhabitants: || Serrean or Serrian ''sing.'' s ''pl.''
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| Address of administration: || 1 Merarchias St Serres 621 00
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'''Serres''' (''Σερρες'' in [[Greek language|Greek]], Latin '''Serrae''', older form: '''Serrai''', is a city in [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. It is capital of [[Serres prefecture|Serres]] [[prefecture]], and is within the [[Central Macedonia]] periphery. The name and the settlement dates back to ancient times. The population in ''2001'' is about 80,000. The elevation is 70 m. It is located in the Serres plain and the [[Strymon]] river is further southwest about 24 km from Serres to the west. The hills lie to the north and the mountains to the east.

Serres was completely rebuilt in 1913, after the Bulgarian army burned the city while retreating in [[1913]] during the [[Second Balkan War]].

The city has forests, parks, non-gridded roads and squares. Serres stretches from the ruins of the castle up to the forested hills of Koula.

On the road to [[Koula (Serres), Greece|Koula]] hills on Exochon (Exochi) Street, two parks, one is the Agioi Anargyroi Park founded near the downtown area. Night clubs and cafeterias brings fame to the area especially in the summertime.

==Sites of Interest==

*[[Public Regional Theatre]] (''Δημοτικό Περιφερειακό Θέατρο''/''Dimotiko Perifereiako Theatro'')

{| align=right
|[[Image:Serres overview.jpg|thumb|250px|align|right|General view of the modern city of Serres from the Acropolis]]
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==Other==

Serres has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, a sporting centre, a [[Serres train station|train station]], and squares (''[[plateia|plateies]]'').

==Historical population==
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! Year !! Population !! Change !! Municipal population !! Change 
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| [[1981]] || 46,317 || - || - || - 
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| [[1991]] || 49,830 || 3,513/7.6% || - || - 
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| [[2001]] || 55,000 || - || - || - 
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==Sporting teams==

*[[Panserraikos FC]] - second division, [http://www.panserraikos.gr Website]

==External links==
*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Serres&country=GR Mapquest - Serres], street map not yet available
*Coordinates: {{coor dms|40|16|15|N|22|30|21|E|region:GR}}
*[http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~panos/serres/ Information about Serres (Greek and English)]
*[http://www.serres.gr Information about Serres by the Municipality of Serres (Greek only)]

==See also==
*[[Communities of Serres]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:Greek prefectural capitals]]
[[Category:Serres prefecture]]

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	*[[Panserraikos FC]] - first division, [http://www.panserraikos.gr Website]		*[[Panserraikos FC]] - first division, [http://www.panserraikos.gr Website]
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		+	==Famous inhabitants of Serres==
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		+	* [[Angelos Charisteas]], footballer
		+	* [[Stathis Tavlaridis]], footballer
		+	* [[Nikos Arabatzis]], footballer

	==External links==		==External links==

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	*[[Public Regional Theatre]] (''Δημοτικό Περιφερειακό Θέατρο''/''Dimotiko Perifereiako Theatro'')		*[[Public Regional Theatre]] (''Δημοτικό Περιφερειακό Θέατρο''/''Dimotiko Perifereiako Theatro'')
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 ==Sporting teams==
-*[[Panserraikos FC]] - second division, [http://www.panserraikos.gr Website]
+*[[Panserraikos FC]] - first division, [http://www.panserraikos.gr Website]
 ==External links==

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 '''Serres''' (''Σερρες'' in [[Greek language|Greek]], Latin '''Serrae''', older form: '''Serrai''',  is a city in [[Macedonia]], [[Greece]].  It is capital of [[Serres prefecture|Serres]] [[prefecture]], and is within the [[Central Macedonia]] periphery.  The name and the settlement dates back to ancient times.  The population in ''2001'' is about 55,000.  The elevation is 70 m.  It is located in the Serres plain and the [[Strymon]] river is further southwest about 24 km from Serres to the west.  The hills lie to the north and the mountains to the east.
-Serres was completely rebuilt in 1913, after the Bulgarian army burned the city while retreating in [[1913]] during the [[Second Balkan War]].
+Serres was completely rebuilt in [[1913]], after the Bulgarian army burned the city while retreating during the [[Second Balkan War]]. On [[September 10]] (August 28 OS), [[1916]], during [[WW I]], the Bulgarian army once again occupied Serres violating the neutrality of Greece.
 The city has forests, parks, non-gridded roads and squares. Serres stretches from the ruins of the castle up to the forested hills of Koula.
-On the road to [[Koula (Serres), Greece|Koula]] hills on Exochon (Exochi) Street, two parks, one is the Agioi Anargyroi Park founded near the downtown area.  Night clubs and cafeterias brings fame to the area especially in the summertime.
+On the road to [[Koula (Serres)|Koula]] hills on Exochon (Exochi) Street, two parks, one is the Agioi Anargyroi Park founded near the downtown area.  Night clubs and cafeterias brings fame to the area especially in the summertime.
 ==Sites of Interest==

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 ==Other==
-Serres has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, a sporting centre, a [[Serres train station|train station]], and squares (''[[plateia|plateies]]'').
+Serres has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, a sporting centre, a [[Serres train station|train station]], and squares (''plateies'').
 ==Historical population==

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 | [[1991]] || 49,830 || 3,513/7.6% || - || - <!--|| -/km²-->
 |-
-| [[2001]] || 55,000 || - || - || - <!--|| -/km²-->
+| [[2001]] || 54,666 || - || 56,145 || - <!--|| -/km²-->
 |}