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Griva, Kilkis

Field	Value
name	Griva
name_local	Γρίβα
type	community
caption_skyline	Village of Griva.
coordinates
elevation	460
periph	Central Macedonia
periphunit	Kilkis
municipality	Paionia
municunit	Goumenissa
population_as_of	2021
population	587
area	21.357
postal_code	613 00
area_code	2343
licence	KI
website	http://www.griva-kilkis.blogspot.gr (Greek)

Griva (, Bulgarian and , Kriva) is a village located in the Kilkis regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. The village hovers on the southeastern portion of Mount Paiko at 460 m above sea level.

Griva, with a population of 587 people (2021), is the largest village in the municipal unit of Goumenissa besides Goumenissa proper.

Because of the complete destruction of the village by the Ottomans in 1912 during the First Balkan War, there are no structures still existing that were built prior to this period. The village's architecture is the basic standard architecture for nearly all of the towns of the region, with narrow streets, small passageways between the buildings, and cottages fit perfectly into the natural environment of the mountainside. According to a Yugoslav study, in 1961 of a population of 1,280, an estimated 1,180 Macedonian speakers lived in the village alongside 100 Pontic Greeks.

Demographics

|1981|861 |1991|779 |2001|782 |2011|770 |2021|587

St. Athanasius the Great]], located in the center

Location

Griva is located 72 km northwest of Thessaloniki, 542 km north of Athens and is located within the Municipality of Goumenissa.

Economy

Local agriculture produces chestnuts, sheep, and timber.

Education

Griva had one primary school and one elementary school but they both closed down due to the low number of students.

Culture

Filmography: In 1981, director Tasos Psaras filmed The Factory (Greek : Το Εργοστάσιο)(French : L 'Ucine) in various places within Griva.

Churches

Church of St. Athanasius the Great
Monastery of St. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene at Griva (established 1992).

References

"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
Todor Simonovski, The Inhabited Places of Aegean Macedonia, Skopje, 1978, p. 278
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
"Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός". Hellenic Statistical Authority.

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