Serres

Serres Σέρρες
Municipality
Clockwise from top: Saints Theodoroi Church, Serres Acropolis, Serres Prefecture Building, Archaeological Museum of Serres, Lake Kerkini, Emmanouel Pappas Statue and Sarakatsani Folklore Museum
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Serres Location within the region
Coordinates: 41°5′N 23°33′E / 41.083°N 23.550°E / 41.083; 23.550
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Serres
Government
• Mayor	Varvara Mitliagka[1] (since 2023)
Area
• Municipality	600.5 km2 (231.9 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	253.0 km2 (97.7 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	70,703
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	60,888
• Municipal unit density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
• Community	59,260
Demonym(s)	Serrean (Greek:Serreos)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	621 xx
Area code(s)	(+30) 2321
Vehicle registration	ΕΡ
Website	www.serres.gr

Serres (Greek: Σέρρες [ˈseɾes] ^ⓘ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki.

Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The city is situated in a fertile plain at an elevation of about 70 metres (230 feet), some 24 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of the Strymon river and 69 km (43 mi) north-east of Thessaloniki, respectively. Serres' official municipal population was 70,703 in 2021.^[2]

The city is home to the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greek: Τ.Ε.Φ.Α.Α. Σερρών) and the Serres Campus of the International Hellenic University (former "Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia"), composed of the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Economics and Management, and the Department of Interior Architecture and Design. The head of the Faculty of Engineering of the International Hellenic University is located in Serres.