Doirani
Macedonia /
Gevgelija /
Star Dojran /
World
/ Macedonia
/ Gevgelija
/ Star Dojran
, 3 km from center (Стар Дојран)
World / Greece / Kentriki Makedonia
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Doirani (Greek: Δοϊράνη) is a town and former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated on the shores of Doiran Lake, which marks the border between Greece and North Macedonia. The municipal unit has an area of 81.213 km2. It had a population of 1,404 according to the 2011 census. It is the Greek part of the former municipality of Doyuran, which was divided in 1913 by the new borders created between Greece and what was then Serbia. The part at the other side of the border is called Dojran. The name comes from the ancient name Doviros.Doirani was the site of much Greek-Bulgarian inter-ethnic fighting during the Macedonian Struggle in the early 20th century. Konstantinos Papagiannakis from Doirani was the most prominent Greek Macedonian fighter in the area.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doirani
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°10'40"N 22°45'38"E
- Nov Dojran 7.9 km
- Plagia 10 km
- Platanakia 20 km
- Kuklish 28 km
- Novo Selo 28 km
- Bosilovo 30 km
- Banica 34 km
- Vasilevo 35 km
- Parvomay 40 km
- Gyurgevo 48 km
- Dojran Lake 3.9 km
- Devegeliya 5.7 km
- Karabalija mt. 6.4 km
- Dovdzhelii 6.5 km
- Asanli 8.5 km
- Municipality of Dojran 9 km
- Boska 12 km
- Peripheral unit of Kilkis 12 km
- Mountain Kroussia 20 km
- Municipality of Valandovo 26 km