Skoutari, Serres

Municipal unit in Greece

Skoutari Σκουτάρι
Municipal unit
41°01′N 23°31′E / 41.017°N 23.517°E / 41.017; 23.517
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Municipality	Serres
Area
• Municipal unit	90.2 km² (34.8 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	4,666
• Municipal unit density	52/km² (130/sq mi)
• Community	1,863
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ

Skoutari (Greek: Σκούταρι) 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 Serres, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 90.159 km².^[3] Population 4,666 (2021). The first villagers arrived from Minor Asia as refugees in October 1922. On 15 August 1924, the day of The Assumption of Mary into Heaven, refugees from Skoutari from Northern Thrace began, and finally settled in the region of today's village. That way the village took its name.

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.