Visaltia

Visaltia (Greek: Βισαλτία, romanized: Bisaltia, Greek pronunciation: [visalˈti.a]) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Nigrita.^[3]

Visaltia Βισαλτία
Municipality
Visaltia Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°59′N 23°25′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Seat	Nigrita
Government
• Mayor	Vana Pliakou[1] (since 2024)
Area
• Municipality	658.3 km2 (254.2 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	144.3 km2 (55.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	16,036
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	3,316
• Municipal unit density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ
Website	dimosvisaltias.gr

Etymology

Visaltia is named after Bisaltia, an ancient country and later district of the Kingdom of Macedon that was inhabited by the Bisaltae, a Thracian people ultimately named after Bisaltes, a mythological figure.^[4]

Municipality

The municipality Visaltia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:^[3]

• Achinos
• Nigrita
• Tragilos
• Visaltia

The municipality has an area of 658.333 km², the municipal unit 144.255 km².^[5]

Province

The province of Visaltia (Greek: Επαρχία Βισαλτίας) was one of the provinces of the Serres Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Visaltia, and part of the municipal unit Strymoniko.^[6] It was abolished in 2006.