Filippoi
Filippoi (Greek: Φίλιπποι), is a veelage an a umwhile municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonie an Thrace, Greece. Syne the 2011 local govrenment reform it is pairt o the municipality Kavala, o which it is a municipal unit.[2] The 2001 census reportit a population o 10,827 for the municipal unit an 896 for the veelage.[3] The ruins o auncient Philippi are locatit in the municipal unit.
Filippoi Φίλιπποι | |
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  Filippoi Location athin the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 41°1′N 24°17′E / 41.017°N 24.283°ECoordinates: 41°1′N 24°17′E / 41.017°N 24.283°E | |
| Kintra | Greece |
| Admeenistrative region | East Macedonie an Thrace |
| Regional unit | Kavala |
| Municipality | Kavala |
| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 10827 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 640 03 |
| Aurie code(s) | 2510 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΒ |
The maist important cultural event o the toun is its annual festival, held syne 1957. It taks place in the Auncient Theatre o Filippoi durin the heich saison wi auncient an modern performances, ballets an concerts bi theatrical troupes, orchestras an baunds.[4]
This auncient Greek theatre dates tae 357 B.C. It wis first restored in 1957 bi Dimitris Lazaridis wi a view o hauldin the festival.
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- ↑ a b De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
- ↑ Kallikratis law Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
- ↑ [1].(in Greek) Data from the 2001 census, at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ), www.statistics.gr
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 13 Julie 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)