Cherso

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{{Infobox Greek Dimos

| name = Cherso

| name_local = Χέρσο

|type = municipal unit

| image_map = DE Chersou.svg

| map_caption = Location within the regional unit

| periph = Central Macedonia

| periphunit = Kilkis

| municipality = Kilkis

| municunit = Cherso

| pop_municunit = 2078

| pop_community = 872

| population_as_of = 2021

| area_municunit = 157.9

| elevation =

| coordinates = {{coord|41|05|N|22|47|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code = 610 02

| area_code =

| licence = ΚΙ

| website =

| image_skyline=Eglise - Combats dans le secteur de Hirsova (juillet 1916) - Hirsova (anciennement) ; Hirchova (actuellement) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - APOR057882.jpg

|caption_skyline=The church photographed by the French Army in July 1916

}}

Cherso ({{Langx|el|Χέρσο}}, old name: {{Langx|el|Χέρσοβο }} {{Langx|bg|Хърсово}} Hersovo / Hirsova) is a village in the Kilkis region of Greece. It is situated in the municipal unit of Cherso, in the Kilkis municipality, within the Kilkis region of Central Macedonia.

Since the 2011 local government reform (Kallikratis Plan), it has been part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 157.907 km².{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|archivedate=2015-09-21}} Population 2,078 (2021). In the municipal unit of Cherso lies the historical village of Kalindria. Kalindria was found by Paeonians in 3rd millennium BC, and it is inhabited today. In the Macedonian Struggle, the people of Kalindria fought hard against Bulgarians and Turkish authorities, and it was one of the main centres of Greek resistance in the Kilkis area.

In the area of Tumba Hrisafi, 1200 m northwest of the village, an ancient settlement was discovered, declared in 1996 a protected monument.{{Cite web | url= http://listedmonuments.culture.gr/fek.php?ID_FEKYA=19848&v17= | title= ΥΑ ΥΠΠΟ / ΑΡΧ / Α1 / Φ43 / 57683/3282 π.ε. / 17-4-1996 - ΦΕΚ 294 / Β / 3-5-1996 | accessdate= 26 June 2018 | work= Permanent list of declared archaeological sites and monuments | quote= | language= el | archive-date= 9 July 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182934/http://listedmonuments.culture.gr/fek.php?ID_FEKYA=19848&v17= | url-status= dead }}