Evropos
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Evropos is a village and a former municipality in the former Paionia Province
Paionia Province
Paionia is the western Province of Kilkis Prefecture. Its capital is Goumenissa. According to the , as of 2001 the population was:-References:* http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Επαρχίες_της_Ελλάδας...

, Kilkis regional unit, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paionia
Paionia (municipality)
Paionia is a municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Polykastro. The municipality is named after the ancient region of Paeonia.-Municipality:...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 6,042 (2001). In the Macedonian Struggle
Greek Struggle for Macedonia
The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts between Greeks and Bulgarians in the region of Ottoman Macedonia between 1904 and 1908...

(1904–1908) a lot of locals fought for Union with Greece. Some of the Macedonian Fighters were:
  • Petros Pechlivanis, Polypetro
  • Nikolaos Georgiadis, Agios Petros
  • Ioannis Ilkos, Agios Petros
  • Christos Ioannidis, Agios Petros
  • Dimitrios Karastogiannis, Agios Petros
  • Nikolaos Karastogiannis, Agios Petros
  • Athanassios Karatragiannis, Agios Petros
  • Stavros Karatragiannis, Agios Petros
  • Ekaterini Kitsouki, Agios Petros
  • Stavros Kitsoukis, Agios Petros
  • Sotirios Kotzampassis, Agios Petros
  • Athanassios Papadopoulos, Agios Petros
  • Dionyssios Papadopoulos, Agios Petros
  • father Emmanouel Papamanolis, Agios Petros
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