Visaltia


Visaltia is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Nigrita.

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.

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:
  • Achinos
  • Nigrita
  • Tragilos
  • Visaltia
The municipality has an area of 658.333 km2, the municipal unit 144.255 km2.

Province

The province of Visaltia 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. It was abolished in 2006.