Sevasti

Sevasti
Σεβαστή
The Greek Orthodox in Sevasti.
The Greek Orthodox in Sevasti.
Sevasti is located in Greece
Sevasti
Sevasti
Coordinates: 40°21.5′N 22°32.5′E / 40.3583°N 22.5417°E / 40.3583; 22.5417
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPieria
MunicipalityKaterini
Municipal unitKorinos
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
287
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
601 00
Area code(s)+30-2351
Vehicle registrationKN

Sevasti (Greek: Σεβαστή) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Korinos, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 287 residents in the village.[1]

Population

[edit]

The village was settled by Pontic Greek refugees from Turkey in 1924.[3]

Religion

[edit]
The temple of the Greek Evangelical Church in Sevasti.

Unlike other settlements in Greece, Sevasti has, besides Greek Orthodox, two Protestant communities and there is also a temple of the Greek Evangelical Church, that was established in 1924. There is also a community that follows the Greek Apostolic Church of Pentecost.[3]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ a b Σεβαστή Πιερίας (in Greek). Hellenicaworld.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.