Smixi

Municipal unit in Greece

Smixi Σμίξη Zmixi
Municipal unit
40°3.5′N 21°7.4′E / 40.0583°N 21.1233°E / 40.0583; 21.1233
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Area
• Municipal unit	25.292 km² (9.765 sq mi)
Elevation	1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	247
• Municipal unit density	9.8/km² (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	510 32
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Smixi (Greek: Σμίξη, Aromanian: Zmixi) is a village and former community in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] Smixi had a population of 247 people as of 2021.^[1] The municipal unit of Smixi covers an area of 25.292 km².^[3] Smixi is an Aromanian (Vlach) village.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
^ Chang, Claudia (1993). "Pastoral Transhumance in the Southern Balkans as a Social Ideology: Ethnoarcheological Research in Northern Greece". American Anthropologist. 95 (3): 691. "Vlachohoria, or the four famous Koutsovlach villages of Grevena–Samarina, Perivoli, Avdella, and Smixi–are described as the summer villages of the Koutsovlach, where Aroumani is spoken."
^ Ntassiou, Konstantina; Doukas, Ioannis D. (2019). "Recording and mapping traditional transhumance routes in the South-Western Macedonia, Greece". GeoJournal. 84 (1): 165. "The four Vlach villages of Grevena (Perivoli, Avdella, Smixi, Samarina)"
^ Biagi, Paolo; Starnini, Elisabetta; Efstratiou, Nikos; Nisbet, Renato; Hughes, Philip D.; Woodward, Jamie C. (2022). "Mountain landscape and human settlement in the Pindus Range: The Samarina highland zones of Western Macedonia, Greece". Land. 12 (1): 16. "the Vlach village of Smixi (Smiksi)."