Sitagroi

Sitagroi
Σιταγροί
Sitagroi is located in Greece
Sitagroi
Sitagroi
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°07′N 24°02′E / 41.117°N 24.033°E / 41.117; 24.033
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitDrama
MunicipalityProsotsani
Area
 • Municipal unit62.9 km2 (24.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
3,240
 • Municipal unit density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Community
535
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΡΜ

Sitagroi (Greek: Σιταγροί) is a village and a former municipality in the Drama regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Prosotsani, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 62.890 km2.[3] Population 3,240 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Fotolivos.

It is also the location of an important archaeological site from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age.

Bibliography

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  • Ernestine S. Elster and Colin Renfrew (eds), Prehistoric Sitagroi: excavations in northeast Greece, 1968–1970. Vol. 2, The final report. Los Angeles, CA : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003. Monumenta archaeologica 20.
  • Colin Renfrew, Marija Gimbutas and Ernestine S. Elster (eds.), Excavations at Sitagroi, a prehistoric village in northeast Greece. Vol. 1. Los Angeles, Institute of Archaeology, University of California, 1986.

References

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  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 A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.