Irakleia, Serres
Irakleia
Ηράκλεια | |
|---|---|
Irakleia | |
| Coordinates: 41°11′N 23°17′E / 41.183°N 23.283°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Serres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kleanthis Kotsakiachidis (since 2023) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 451.5 km2 (174.3 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 195.2 km2 (75.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Municipality | 15,713 |
| • Density | 34.80/km2 (90.14/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 9,946 |
| • Municipal unit density | 50.95/km2 (132.0/sq mi) |
| • Community | 3,245 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΕΡ |
| Website | www.dimosiraklias.gr |
Irakleia (Greek: Ηράκλεια, before 1926: Τζουμαγιά - Tzoumagia) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Population 21,145 (2011). The seat of the municipality is the town of Irakleia, which was formerly known as "Lower Jumaya" (in Turkish: Barakli Cuma or Cuma-i Zir ("Lower Juma" in Ottoman Turkish); in Bulgarian: Долна Джумая, Dolna Dzhumaya; and in Aromanian: Giumaia di-Nghios). "Upper Dzhumaya" is modern Blagoevgrad, located in Bulgaria. In the Serres area, Aromanians settled in modern Irakleia during Ottoman times. Some Aromanians still live in the city today, with Bulgarian researcher Vasil Kanchov even saying that, as of when he visited the town, the 1250 Aromanians in Irakleia "were the wealthiest of all inhabitants".