Sidirokastro
Sidirokastro is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,710 residents
- Description: town in the Serres regional unit, Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Demirhisar”, “Sideorastron”, “Sidhirókastron”, “Sidirókastron”, and “Valovista”
- Postal code: 62300
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sidirokastro Railway Station and Rock shelter at Katarraktes.
Sidirokastro Railway Station
Railway station
Sidirokastro railway station is a railway station that serves the nearby community of Sidirokastro, in Serres in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The station is located 1.5 kilometres from town centre. The station building is unstaffed.
Rock shelter at Katarraktes
Archaeological site
Photo: Efthimios Tsilikidis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rock shelter at Katarraktes is an archaeological site, which is situated 4 km northeast of Sidirokastro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chortero and Vamvakofyto.
Chortero
Village
Chortero is a village in the municipality Sintiki, Macedonian region of Greece, 24 km from the city of Serres. As of 2021, Chortero comprises 509 inhabitants, the majority of whom are farmers. Potatoes are the main crop.
Vamvakofyto
Village
Vamvakofyto is a village in the municipal unit Sidirokastro, in the northern part of Serres regional unit, Greece. Its altitude is 120 meters. Vamvakofyto is situated 6 km south of Sidirokastro.
Neo Petritsi
Town
Photo: Ellwooden, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neo Petritsi is a town, which is situated 9 km northwest of Sidirokastro.
Sidirokastro
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sintiki, Sérres, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.23467° or 41° 14′ 5″ northLongitude
23.38972° or 23° 23′ 23″ eastPopulation
5,710Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR SIDOpen location code
8GH569MQ+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 246628829OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Sidirokastro” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Demirhisari”
- Arabic: “سيديروكاسترو”
- Bulgarian: “Валовища”
- Bulgarian: “Валовище”
- Bulgarian: “Сидерокастро”
- Bulgarian: “Сидерокастрон”
- Bulgarian: “Сидирокастро”
- Bulgarian: “Сидирокастрон”
- Cebuano: “Sidirókastro”
- Chinese: “錫季羅卡斯特龍”
- Chinese: “锡季罗卡斯特罗”
- Chinese: “锡季罗卡斯特龙”
- Church Slavic: “Валовище”
- Church Slavic: “Валовищє”
- Danish: “Sidirokastro”
- Dutch: “Sidirokastro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيديروكاسترو”
- Esperanto: “Sidirokastro”
- Finnish: “Sidirókastro”
- French: “Demirhisar”
- French: “Sidirókastro”
- French: “Valovista”
- German: “Demirhisar”
- German: “Sidirokastro, Serres”
- German: “Sidirokastro”
- German: “Valovista”
- Greek: “Βαλόβιστα”
- Greek: “Ντεμίρ Ισάρ”
- Greek: “Σιδηρόκαστρο Σερρών”
- Greek: “Σιδηρόκαστρο”
- Greek: “Σιδηρόκαστρον”
- Hebrew: “סידירוקסטרו”
- Italian: “Sidirokastro”
- Italian: “δηρόκαστρο”
- Japanese: “シディロカストロ”
- Japanese: “スィディロカストロ”
- Macedonian: “Валовишта”
- Macedonian: “Демир Хисар”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sidirókastro”
- Persian: “سیدیروکاسترو”
- Russian: “Сидирокастрон”
- Serbian: “Sidirokastro”
- Serbian: “Валовишта”
- Serbian: “Сидирокастро”
- Spanish: “Sidirokastro”
- Spanish: “Sidirókastro”
- Swedish: “Sidirókastro”
- Turkish: “Demirhisar”
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