Livadia is a village and a former community 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. 11 km northwest of Griva

Griva, Kilkis

Griva is a small village located in the Kilkis regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. The village hovers on the southeastern portion of Mount Paiko at 470 meters above sea level....

, 15 km northwest of Goumenissa

Goumenissa

Goumenissa is a small town, capital of the former Paionia Province, Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paionia, of which it is a municipal unit. The town sits on the southeastern part of the Paiko mountain range...

. Its population in 2001 was 402. It includes two villages: Megala Livadia and Mikra Livadia (now uninhabited).

This historic community took part in various Greek revolutions, in particular 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...

in which many of inhabitants of Livadia participated, including:

• Anastassios Bilis Koulinas
• Nikolaos Nessios
• Konstantinos Balas
• Michael Balas
• Michael Batsios
• Dimitrios Bellis
• Nikolaos Davelis
• Michael Papanikolaou
• Nikolaos Saramanis
• Georgios Takiris
• Athanassios Tikas
• Aristides Tikas
• Georgios Chatzivrettas
• Michael Bellis
• Georgios Bellis (Belles)
• Stergios Naoum (Kapetan Naoum)