Krya Vrysi

Krya Vrysi (Greek: Κρύα Βρύση, Macedonian Slavic: Пласничево, Plasničevo) is a town and a former municipality in Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pella, of which it is a municipal unit. It is 75 km from Thessaloniki. The town of Krya Vrysi was founded in the 1930s when the settlements of Plasna. After the lake that covered the place was drained, the people had trouble finding drinkable water. When they found a source of cold, clear water, they called it "water from the Krya Vrysi (Cold Spring)", thus giving the town its name. It was declared a Municipality in 1990 and, according to the 2001 census, Krya Vrysi had 10,977 inhabitants. The economy in the area is primarily...