Kastanoussa (, ), known before 1926 as Palmes (),Μετονομασίες των Οικισμών της Ελλάδας. Πάλμες -- Καστανούσσα is a village and a community in Serres with a population of 635 inhabitants as recorded in the 2021 census. The village and community belongs to the municipality of Sintiki.
Geography The village is located in the southern foothills of Belasitsa, near the borders with North Macedonia and Bulgaria.
History In the Ottoman Empire In 1891 Georgi Strezov wrote:
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics") by 1900 "Palmesh" ("Palmesha") is a Bulgarian Muslims' settlement . 1150 Bulgarian Muslims were living there at the time.
Under Greek sovereignty During the First Balkan War the village was under Bulgarian control, but after the Second Balkan War in 1913 it was incorporated within Greece.
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External links Aerial photo of Kastanoussa