Vertiskos
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Vertiskos
|name_local = Βερτίσκος
|type = municipal unit
|image_coa =
|image_map = DE Vertiskou.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
| periph = Central Macedonia
| periphunit = Thessaloniki
|municipality = Lagkadas
|pop_municunit = 1644
|area_municunit = 196.613
|pop_community = 279
|area_community = 46.629
|population_as_of = 2021
|coordinates = {{coord|40|53|N|23|13.6|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 570 17
|area_code = +30-23694
|licence = NA to NX
|image_skyline =
|caption_skyline =
|elevation = 740
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Vertiskos ({{langx|el|Βερτίσκος}}), known before 1927 as Berovo (Μπέροβο),[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169389 Μετονομασίες των Οικισμών της Ελλάδας. Μπέροβα -- Βερτίσκος] is a village a community and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.{{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}} Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2021 census recorded 279 people in the community and 1,644 people in the municipal unit of Vertiskos. The community of Vertiskos covers an area of 46.629 km2 while the respective municipal unit covers an area of 196.613 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}}
Administrative division
Name and history
The name of the municipality Vertiskos came from the village Vertiskos, which means "The green" in Latin. The old name of Vertiskos was "Berva". The village Vertiskos was built in the end of the 1600. The people in Vertiskos speak Greek only, and they have retained some of their traditional customs. The village Vertiskos in the 1900s was a developed society. They had their own electricity and manufacturing. Vertiskos workers organized a trade union in the early 1900s which was unique among the Balkan region. This union together with other cultural organisations in Vertiskos organised cultural and political activities. After the civil war in Greece, the village disintegrated. Today Vertiskos has only about 100 permanent residents.
The summer school for classical music which existed for many years is closed today and has been replaced by a series of seminars about the environment for students and teachers.
See also
References
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