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Servia (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: S??ß?a) is a town in the prefecture
Prefectures of Greece

Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
 of Kozani
Kozani Prefecture

Kozani is a prefectures of Greece, located in western Macedonia . Its capital is the city of Kozani....
, Macedonia
Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical Regions of Greece in Southeastern Europe Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greece region....
, Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. Population 10,001 (2001). From 1882-1912, it was the capital of the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 sanjak
Sanjak

Sanjaks were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish language word sancak, meaning district, banner or flag....
 of Serfije, which was part of a Manastir
Bitola

Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre....
 vilayet between 1864-1877. It became a mutasarrifate and included the kaza
KAZA

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park that will be created by the African countries of Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe....
s of Alasonya
Elassona

Elassona or Elasona , older form: Elassonas is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called "Oloosson" and was a town of the ancient "Perrhaebi", known today as Thessaly....
, Serfije (Servia), Kozani
Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
, Kayilar
Ptolemaida

Ptolemaida is a city in Northern Greece. It lies in the prefecture of Kozani, which is part of the periphery of West Macedonia. It is known for its coal mines and its power stations....
 (Ptolemaida), Anaselitsis
Siatista

Siatista is a town of the Kozani Prefecture, 28 km southeast of its capital city. It was built on the austral slope of the Velia mountain on an height of 930 m....
 (Siatista), Grevena
Grevena

Grevena is a town and Communities and Municipalities of Greece in Greece, capital of the Grevena Prefecture. The towns's current population is 10,177 citizens; it lies about 400 km from Athens and about 180 km from Thessaloniki....
, Katerini
Katerini

Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, the capital of Pieria Prefectures of Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermian Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m....
, and Deskati
Deskati

Deskati is a municipality in the Grevena Prefecture, Greece. Population 5,066 ....
. Servia was the seat of Servia and Kozani Bishop until 1745. After that year the seat was moved to Kozani
Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
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Servia (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: S??ß?a) is a town in the prefecture
Prefectures of Greece

Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
 of Kozani
Kozani Prefecture

Kozani is a prefectures of Greece, located in western Macedonia . Its capital is the city of Kozani....
, Macedonia
Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical Regions of Greece in Southeastern Europe Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greece region....
, Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. Population 10,001 (2001). From 1882-1912, it was the capital of the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 sanjak
Sanjak

Sanjaks were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish language word sancak, meaning district, banner or flag....
 of Serfije, which was part of a Manastir
Bitola

Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre....
 vilayet between 1864-1877. It became a mutasarrifate and included the kaza
KAZA

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park that will be created by the African countries of Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe....
s of Alasonya
Elassona

Elassona or Elasona , older form: Elassonas is a town and a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called "Oloosson" and was a town of the ancient "Perrhaebi", known today as Thessaly....
, Serfije (Servia), Kozani
Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
, Kayilar
Ptolemaida

Ptolemaida is a city in Northern Greece. It lies in the prefecture of Kozani, which is part of the periphery of West Macedonia. It is known for its coal mines and its power stations....
 (Ptolemaida), Anaselitsis
Siatista

Siatista is a town of the Kozani Prefecture, 28 km southeast of its capital city. It was built on the austral slope of the Velia mountain on an height of 930 m....
 (Siatista), Grevena
Grevena

Grevena is a town and Communities and Municipalities of Greece in Greece, capital of the Grevena Prefecture. The towns's current population is 10,177 citizens; it lies about 400 km from Athens and about 180 km from Thessaloniki....
, Katerini
Katerini

Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, the capital of Pieria Prefectures of Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermian Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m....
, and Deskati
Deskati

Deskati is a municipality in the Grevena Prefecture, Greece. Population 5,066 ....
. Servia was the seat of Servia and Kozani Bishop until 1745. After that year the seat was moved to Kozani
Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
. The Greek army entered Servia on 10 October 1912, during the First Balkan War
First Balkan War

The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies, and achieved rapid success....
, after its victory against the Ottoman army in the Battle of Sarantaporo
Battle of Sarantaporo

The Battle of Sarantaporo took place on October 9-10 , 1912. It was the first battle fought between the Greek and Ottoman armies in the First Balkan War, and resulted in a Greek victory....
. Through Servia passes the Greek National Road 3
Greek National Road 3

Greece National Road 3 is a highway that is the old national road from Eleusis to Larissa, and near Tyrnavos to Elassona and the new national road up to the border with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia near Niki and links with the M3 ....
, which is part of European route E65
European route E65

European route E 65 is a road that is an element of the International E-road network. It begins in Malm?, Sweden and ends in Chania, Greece. The road is about 3,800 km in length....
 and connects Florina
Florina

Fl?rina is a town and Municipalities and communities of Greece in mountainous northwestern Macedonia , Greece and its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'....
 and Kozani
Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
 with Larissa
Larissa

Larissa is a city and the capital of the Thessaly Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of Volos and with Thessaloniki and Athens....
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