Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Kilkis
Kato Potamia (Κάτω Ποταμιά) Kilkis
Kato Potamia is a lowland village of Kilkis at an altitude of 180 meters[1]. Located 5 kilometers southeast of the city of Kilkis, it is a picturesque rural settlement built on a mountain slope at the foot of which the Gallikos River passes, leaving the settlement of Ano Potamia on the opposite side. According to the Kallikratis program, together with Leipsidrio, Akropotamia and Ano Potamia, it forms the local community of Leipsydrio, which belongs to the municipal unit of Kilkis of the municipality of Kilkis and according to the 2011 census has a population of 63 residents[2]. In the 2001 census it had 118 residents.
Historical data
The inhabitants of the village are Sarakatsanoi and Pontians from the Caucasus (who now constitute the majority). The refugees come from the village of Sindiskom (today Yalnizcam) in the Ardahan - Kars region of the Caucasus, to which they moved in 1878 after the Russo-Turkish War from the region of Argyroupolis (Gumushane) in Pontus, specifically from the villages of Malacha, Atra and Sulamis[3]. In Kato Potamia, there also resides a family of Asia Minor (from Smyrna) and some families from Pontus in the Kotyor region (today Ordu). The old name of Potamia was Sarikioi[4] and it was inhabited by Turks. The settlement was renamed on 19/7/1928 (Government Gazette 156/1928). The first refugees in the village settled around 1918, although they came to Greece in 1914, immediately after the liberation of Kilkis in 1913. These families initially stayed in the village of Aggista near Rodolivos, Serres, and after a few years they decided to return to Sidiskom. However, the inability to return due to the Russian Revolution and the conflicts between the Turks and the Greeks and Russians in the area of their village, Sindiskom, trapped them in Greece and they then chose the village of Kato Potamia for settlement, awaiting their relatives from Sindiskom, many of whom had settled there since 1921. The surnames of the families who settled in Kato Potamia coming from Sindiskom are Georgiadis, Giachasidis, Kalidis, Karydas, Kesidis, Ketikidis, Kosmidis, Lepidis, Marantidis, Mertsanidis, Myridis, Papadopoulos, Saridis, Soulamidis, Tachtalidis, Tsongidis and Fotiadis.
Today
The residents are engaged in agricultural work and commercial activities due to the proximity to the city of Kilkis. Many settled in the city of Thessaloniki where they are active and work, having their summer homes in Kato Potamia, which they visit on weekends and other holidays. In the village there is the church of the Apostles Peter and Paul on whose feast the village has its festival[5]. It is noted that the church of the Apostles Peter and Paul was owned by the ancestors of the refugees, in the village of Malacha, Argyroupoli, Pontos, in the period before 1878, as well as in the Syndiskom of the Caucasus during the period (1878-1920).
References
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 274, vol.16.
"Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population census 2011 Archived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.", p. 10504 (p. 40 of the pdf)
Mertsanidou, Efthymia (July 1, 2018). "Unknown Greece | Sevasto and Kato Potamia: Villages of the Pontic tradition". MAXMAG | Culture, Arts, Entertainment, Beauty. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
"Pandektis: Sari Kioi -- Potamia". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
digital11.com. "Archieratical Vespers of the Apostles Peter and Paul of Potamia | Holy Metropolis of Polyani and Kilkis". www.impk.gr. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
| Municipal unit Kilkis |
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| Municipal Community Kilkis |
| Αργυρούπολις, η |
| Zacharato (Ζαχαράτον, το) |
| Kilkis (Κιλκίς, το) |
| Κολχίς, η |
| Metalliko (Μεταλλικό, το) |
| Ξηρόβρυση, η |
| Sevasto (Σεβαστό, το) |
| Community Vaptistis |
| Vaptistis (Βαπτιστής, ο) |
| Kyriakaiika (Κυριακαίικα, τα) |
| Community Kastanies |
| Kastanies (Καστανέαι, αι) |
| Community Kristoni |
| Kristoni (Κρηστώνη, η) |
| Community Leipsydrio |
| Akropotamia (Ακροποταμιά, η) |
| Ano Potamia (Άνω Ποταμιά, η) |
| Kato Potamia (Κάτω Ποταμιά, η) |
| Leipsydrio (Λειψύδριο, το) |
| Community Megali Vrysi |
| Megali Vrysi (Μεγάλη Βρύση, η) |
| Community Melanthio |
| Melanthio (Μελάνθιο, το) |
| Community Mesiano |
| Dafnochori (Δαφνοχώρι, το) |
| Leventochori (Λεβεντοχώρι, το) |
| Mesiano (Μεσιανό, το) |
| Palaio Gynaikokastro (Παλαιόν Γυναικόκαστρον, το) |
| Stavrochori |
| Stavrochori (Σταυροχώρι, το) |
| Community Chorygi |
| Chorygi (Χωρύγι, το) |
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