Paralimni, Serres

Village in Greece

Community in Greece

Paralimni Παραλίμνι
Community
40°59′06″N 23°40′12″E / 40.985°N 23.670°E / 40.985; 23.670
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Emmanouil Pappas
Municipal unit	Strymonas
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	435
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Paralimni (Greek: Παραλίμνι, Παραλίμνιο) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 21 km southeast of Serres. Since 2011 administrative reform it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas. It has a population of 435 inhabitants (2021). Until 1928 it was named "Vernar".

History

About 500 m. north of Paralimni, near the bay of the dried-out ancient Cercinitis lake (later Achinos lake), the traces of a lakeside ancient settlement has been discovered, possibly named "Cima" (Greek: Κιμα), which probably means "bay".^[2] A number of ancient vase shells and an inscription of the Hellenistic period were found in this place.^[3]

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.
^ D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157-158 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
^ [1] D. C. Samsaris, La navigation dans l’ ancien lac de Cercinitis d’ après une inscription inédite trouvée dans le village actuel de Paralimnion de Serrès, "Makedonika" 19 (1979) 421