History
In 1922, after the debacle of the Greek Army, the residents of Peramos (modern Karsiyaka, Turkey) in Asia Minor were kicked out of their town before the advancing Turkish Army and the rebels. They ended up in Kavala and in the area of Megara. In this second area, they were joined by refugees from Kyzikos (also from Asia Minor, modern Aydıncıḳ, Turkey). This location near Megara was given over by the Government of Eleftherios Venizelos so that they could start their new life. Their first school was a wooden shack which also functioned on Sundays as a church until the current Church of Saint George was built to accommodate his Icon which the refugees brought with them from their ancestral land.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 4,129 |
| 1991 | 6,869 |
| 2001 | 7,480 |
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