Kleidi, Imathia

Kleidi (Κλειδίον) Imathia

Kleidi is a settlement in Central Macedonia in the Regional Unit of Imathia.[1][2]
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eographical - Historical information

Kleidi is located on the border with the Regional Unit of Pieria between the Loudia and Aliakmonas rivers and at an altitude of 9 meters.[1] It is approximately 18 km. SE. from Alexandria (seat of the municipality), 40 km. N. from Katerini and 36 km. W.-SW. from Thessaloniki. It is built next to the intersection of the Egnatia Highway with Highway 1 (Athens - Thessaloniki - Evzonoi) the Piraeus-Thessaloniki railway line while to the east and south the Axios - Loudia - Aliakmonas National Park begins. The parish church is the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Naoussa, Veroia and Kampania.[3]

During the Ottoman period, it belonged to the kaza of Thessaloniki of the then Ottoman Empire. Alexander Sinve (in the book "Les Grecs de l' Empire Ottoman. Etude Statistique et Ethnographique" - 1878) wrote that 300 Greeks lived in Kleidi of the Diocese of Kampania..[4] According to a report by Dimitrios Sarros in 1906, "Kleidi and Kalyvia Kleidiou are a Greek-speaking village in the Diocese of Koulakia with 515 Greek residents. There is a primary Greek mixed school in the village with 38 students and 1 teacher".[5]

Sights

A sight is considered the "Ancient Roman Bridge of Loudias", about 3 kilometers east of the settlement, which bridged the old riverbed (today it has been moved 200 meters east). It was part of the ancient road that connected Pydna and Methoni in Pieria with Pella and Thessaloniki. Only one arch survives, with a height of 6.52 meters, a ground opening of 17.24 meters and a width of 5.73 meters.[6] Since 1976 it has been declared an ancient monument and is considered "the only known of its kind in the area of ​​Macedonia".[7]

A point of reference for Kleidi are the many stork nests that exist on the PPC poles and for the last 10 years they have been "hosting" the stork populations.[8]

Administrative - Population data

It is officially reported, after the Balkan Wars and the liberation of Macedonia, in 1918 to have been annexed to the then community of Koryfi. In 1949, with the Government Gazette 302A - 31/10/1949, it was designated as the seat of the newly founded community of the same name, while in 1991 the abolished Aloros was annexed to the settlement.[9] According to the "Kallikratis" Program and its amendment by Cleisthenes I[10], it constitutes the community of Kleidiou, which falls under the municipal unit of Plateos of the Municipality of Alexandria, while according to the 2021 census, 1,084 residents were registered.[11]

The population censuses after World War II are:
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021
Population 775[12] 873[13] 997[14] 1,244[15] 1,412[16]* 1,347[17] 1,249 1,084 [3]

*the settlement of Aloros has been incorporated
References

Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica. 34. Papyrus Publishing Organization. 25 BC p. 92. Check date values ​​in: |year= (help)
«Kleidi». Municipality of Alexandria. April 17, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
Bekes, Gerasimos. "Archieratical Region of Plateau". www.imverias.gr. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
Synvet, A. "Les Grecs de l'Empire Ottoman: Etude statistique et ethnographique . 2 me edition. 1878. Pg. 37. (in French)". Constantinople: Imprimerie de "l'Orient illustré".
The state of education in 1906 in the countryside of the Kasa of Thessaloniki: (An unpublished report by Dimitrios M. Sarros). // Macedonian XV (8). Thessaloniki: Society of Macedonian Studies. 1975. pages 136 – 137. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
Natsis, Giorgos (July 23, 2022). "The Bridge of Alexander at the Key of Imathia". DRAMAnia.gr. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
"PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
"The Greek Village Where Storks Bring Spring". Green Agenda. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
"EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved on December 27, 2022.
"Law 4555/2018 - Official Gazette 133/A/19-7-2018 (Articles 1 - 151) (CLOSED Program) (Codified)". e-nomothesia.gr | Legislation Information Bank. Retrieved on November 30, 2022.
"Official Gazette of results of the PERMANENT population 2021", p. 28304 (p. 16 of the pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of March 7, 1951, p. 71 of the pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
Population of Greece according to the census of March 19, 1961, p. 74 of the pdf.
Population of Greece at 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 at the census of 5 April 1981, p. 84 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece at the census of 17 March 1991, p. 94 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 97 of pdf.

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