Kato Nevrokopi

In the ancient period, the region was inhabited by Thracian tribes, followed by Greek Macedonians and Romans.

It was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1383. After this, the village was predominantly settled by Bulgarians, with small numbers of Greeks, Turks and Vlachs. Following the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the subsequent population exchanges, it was settled by large numbers of Greek refugees from Asia Minor as well as nearby Nevrokop which became part of Bulgaria. In 1927, its name was changed from {{lang|el|Ζύρνοβο}} ({{lang|el-Latn|Zyrnovo}}, {{lang|bg|Зърново}}) to Kato Nevrokopi,[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/171616 Name changes of settlements in Greece] after the neighbouring town of Nevrokop was renamed Gotse Delchev.

On 18 April 1945, during fighting related to the Greek civil war, many Slavic Macedonian inhabitants left the area. Many of them resettled in Štip, North Macedonia.

Kato Nevrokopi is now a majority Greek village and a major town just before the Greek-Bulgarian border.

Kato Nevrokopi has a humid continental climate. It is one of very few locations in Greece with this climate and is one of the coldest places in the country. It has cold and somewhat snowy winters and warm to hot somewhat humid summers. Precipitation tends to be balanced throughout the year, although there is a small Mediterranean climate influence resulting in July and August being, to a small degree, drier than the rest of the year. Temperatures of -20°C or below have been recorded numerous times in the past. However, there has been a warming trend in the last few years and such temperatures occur less often. Downpours and hail happen sometimes in form of showers in spring and summer. Blizzards and thick fogs in the wintertime have been reported occasionally.

{{Weather box

| location = Kato Nevrokopi (2010-2019)

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

|Jan high C=5.2

|Feb high C=9.3

|Mar high C=13.4

|Apr high C=18.5

|May high C=22.6

|Jun high C=26.9

|Jul high C=30.3

|Aug high C=31.1

|Sep high C=26.0

|Oct high C=19.2

|Nov high C=13.6

|Dec high C=6.8

|year high C= 18.58

|Jan mean C=0.45

|Feb mean C=3.9

|Mar mean C=7.2

|Apr mean C=11.5

|May mean C=15.7

|Jun mean C=19.7

|Jul mean C=22.25

|Aug mean C=22.5

|Sep mean C=18.15

|Oct mean C=12.4

|Nov mean C=8.05

|Dec mean C=1.85

|year mean C=11.97

|Jan low C= -4.3

|Feb low C= -1.5

|Mar low C= 1.0

|Apr low C=4.5

|May low C=8.8

|Jun low C=12.5

|Jul low C=14.2

|Aug low C=13.9

|Sep low C=10.3

|Oct low C=5.6

|Nov low C=2.5

|Dec low C= -3.1

|year low C= 5.37

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm=65

|Feb rain mm=67

|Mar rain mm=64

|Apr rain mm=39

|May rain mm=68

|Jun rain mm=59

|Jul rain mm=39

|Aug rain mm=37

|Sep rain mm=46

|Oct rain mm=47

|Nov rain mm=73

|Dec rain mm=61

|year rain mm=665

|source 1=National Observatory of Athens{{cite web

|url = https://www.meteo.gr/climate/

|title= Climate

|publisher = National Observatory of Athens

|language = el

|access-date = 13 Aug 2022}}

}}

• Armen Kouptsios
• Theodosius Gologanov

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.nevrokopi.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}

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Category:Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Category:Populated places in Drama (regional unit)

Category:Chech

Category:Bulgaria–Greece border crossings

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