Country Greece Postal code 583 00 Elevation 7 m | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area code(s) 23820 - 6 Local time Saturday 3:30 PM | |
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Weather 17°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 49% Humidity | ||
Krya Vrysi (Greek: Κρύα Βρύση) is a town and a former municipality in Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pella, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 76.956 km2. It is 75 km from Thessaloniki.
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Map of Krya Vrysi 583 00, Greece
History
The town of Krya Vrysi, named Plasna before 1927, became an independent community in 1934, when it was separated from Valta. After the lake that covered the place was drained, the people had trouble finding drinkable water. When they found a source of cold, clear water, they called it "water from the Krya Vrysi (Cold Spring)", thus giving the town its name. The community Krya Vrysi became a municipality in 1990. The economy in the area is primarily based on agriculture with the farmers mainly growing corn and asparagus. They were also growing a great amount of Berley tobacco, until 2005 when the production was stopped in the region due to European Union's economical issues.
Annual events
Krya Vrysi, being the centre for many smaller villages, is the host of various annual events. The Krya Vrysi carnival used to be the biggest annual event. Taking place each February (on the three-day holiday of Monday), the carnival started in 1988 and had become an important tourist attraction for the town, until 2009 when it was cancelled due to economic reasons. The Agrotechnical Expo is also a major event that happens in September and combines a small amount of agricultural-related exhibits with a funfair (called Panigiri).
Notable natives
- Konstantinos Fostiropoulos, *1960, physicist, head of Organic Solar Cells Group. In 1989/90 he was the first to develop a method to synthesize the "football molecule" C60 fullerene. (ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ)
- Nikolaos Fostiropoulos, *1958. He has been elected town counsellor in Karlsruhe, Germany, and is founder and owner of the centre for further education alfatraining.
- Panagiotis (Takis) Fostiropoulos, President of the Piraeus Coaches Association (Σύνδεσμος Προπονητών ΕΠΣ Πειραιά). In 1990 he had been the first trainer of the then founded Greece women's national football team. 1966-74 he had been team member of Απόλλων Κρύας Βρύσης (Apollon Kryas Vrysis) when the team had been playing in the second national league.
- Papadopoulou Anastasia, * 1981, biochemist. She found that pre-treatment with Bortezomib drug significantly reduces inflammation and produces a permissive framework to improve arthritis significantly.
Sports
Krya Vrysi is home to the sport club Apollon Kryas Vrysis that was founded in 1960. It currently competes in the 4th national division but has notably risen to the 2nd in the past.