Pikrolimni
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Pikrolimni is a former municipality in the 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 Kilkis
Kilkis
Kilkis is an industrial city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2001 there were 17,430 people living in the city proper, 24,812 people living in the municipal unit, and 56,336 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional unit of Kilkis.-Name:Kilkis is located in a...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 7,395 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Mikrokampos. From Mikrokampos, there was the great Macedonian Fighter of the area, during 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...

, Ioannis Koutsokostas. Another Macedonian fighter from Mikrokampos was, Evlampios Vyziinos. Xylokeratia is an historical village, named Klitae in ancient times.
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