Proti, Serres

Proti (Greek: Πρώτη) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amphipoli, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 79.241 km².[3] The population of the municipal unit was 2,044 at the 2011 census.[1]

Proti Πρώτη
Proti Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°57′N 24°00′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Amfipoli
• Municipal unit	79.2 km^2 (30.6 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,044
• Municipal unit density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Community [1]
• Population	1,176 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Near Proti has been found an archaeological site that is probably identified with the Roman station of Egnatia Domeros.[4] From here comes also various ancient inscriptions, among which a Latin inscription that mentions the inhabitants of two ancient settlements (i.e. "Montani" and "Suritani").[5]

Notable people

• Constantine Karamanlis (1907–1998) conservative politician, four-time Prime Minister and twice President of Greece

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
4. Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 143. ISBN 960-7265-16-5
5. D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), fasc. 1, p. 295-297, n. 157-162