Myrkinos
Myrkinos is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, located at the confluence of the rivers Strymonas and Angitis. Since the 2011 administrative reform it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Nea Zichni.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 370 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Mirkinos”, “Mírkinos”, and “Myrkinos, Serres”
- Postal code: 62052
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Draviskos and Palaiokomi.
Draviskos
Village
Draviskos is a village in Serres regional unit, located 45 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the Municipality of Nea Zichni. Until 1926 it was named "Zdravik". Draviskos is situated 5 km northeast of Myrkinos.
Palaiokomi
Village
Palaiokomi is a village in the municipality of Amphipolis in the regional unit of Serres. It is the second largest village of the municipality of Amphipolis in terms of population, after Rodolivos. Palaiokomi is situated 8 km southeast of Myrkinos.
Amphipolis
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amphipolis was an important ancient Greek polis, and later a Roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. It gave its name to the modern municipality of Amphipoli, in the Serres regional unit of Northern Greece.
Myrkinos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nea Zichni, Sérres, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.90159° or 40° 54′ 6″ northLongitude
23.81853° or 23° 49′ 7″ eastPopulation
370Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
8GG5WR29+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 308126984OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
735086Wikidata ID
Q3405763
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Myrkinos” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Доксамбос”
- Bulgarian: “Доксомбос”
- Bulgarian: “Миркинос”
- Cebuano: “Mýrkinos”
- Dutch: “Myrkinos, Serres”
- French: “Mirkinos”
- German: “Mirkinos”
- Greek: “Δοξόμπος”
- Greek: “Δοξόμπους” (historical)
- Greek: “Μύρκινος Σερρών”
- Greek: “Μύρκινος”
- Macedonian: “Доксамбос”
- Russian: “Миркинос”
- Serbian: “Миркинос”
- Swedish: “Mýrkinos”
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