Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Imathia
Episkopi (Επισκοπή) Imathia
Episkopi is a settlement in Central Macedonia in the Regional Unit of Imathia.[2]
Geographical - Historical information
Episkopi is located near the border with the Regional Unit of Pella, in the Aliakmonas plain and north of the river at an altitude of 20 meters[2]. It is approximately 10 km. SW. from Alexandria (seat of the municipality), 28 km. S.-S.W. from Giannitsa and 58 km. W. from Thessaloniki while the Alexandria - Kozani National Road passes north of the village. To the west is Kavasila, to the north is Kampochori, to the east is Loutros and to the south is Kefalochori. The parish church is the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Naoussa, Veria and Campania.[3]
It is officially mentioned, after the Balkan Wars and the liberation of Macedonia, in 1928, that it was designated as the seat of the newly founded community of the same name.[4] According to the "Kallikratis" Program and its amendment by Cleisthenes I, together with Kalochori, they constitute the community of Episkopi[5] which falls under the municipal unit of Antigonidon of the Municipality of Alexandria, while according to the 2011 census, 462 residents were registered.[6]
The population censuses after World War II are:
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
Population 569[7] 698[8] 678[9] 684[10] 668[11] 535[12] 462
Note
In Imathia and the Municipality of Heroic City of Naoussa there is the synonymous settlement
Episkopi.
References
GEOnet Names Server. June 11, 2018. -817028.
Papyrus Encyclopedia Britannica. 24. Papyrus Publishing House. 1996. p. 107.
Bekes, Gerasimos. "Archhieratic Region of Antigonidon". www.imverias.gr. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
«EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements». www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
«Law 4555/2018 - Government Gazette 133/A/19-7-2018 (Articles 1 - 151) (CLOSED Program) (Codified)». e-nomothesia.gr | Legislation Information Bank. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
«Government Gazette of results of PERMANENT population Archived 2020-08-11 at the Wayback Machine», p. 10509 (p. 35 of pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of 7 March 1951, p. 71 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
Population of Greece according to the census of 19 March 1961, p. 74 of pdf.
Population of Greece according to the census of 14 March 1971, p. 73 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of 5 April 1981, p. 84 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of 17 March 1991, p. 94 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 96 of the pdf.
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