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{{about||the ancient Greek city in Ukraine|Kerkinitis|the lake|Lake Kerkini}}
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Kerkini
|name_local = Κερκίνη
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Kerkinis.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
| image_skyline =
| caption_skyline =
| periph = [[Central Macedonia]]
| periphunit         = [[Serres (regional unit)|Serres]]
|municipality = [[Sintiki]]
|pop_municunit = 5530
|pop_community = 1064
|population_as_of = 2021
|area_municunit  = 353.6
|elevation =
|coordinates = {{coord|41|13|N|23|05|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code =
|area_code =
|licence = ΕΡ
|website = {{url|https://www.sintiki.gov.gr/}}
}}
'''Kerkini''' ({{langx|el|Κερκίνη}}) is a village and a former municipality in the [[Serres (regional unit)|Serres regional unit]], [[Greece]]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Sintiki]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> It is named after ancient Kerkinitis lake (see map of [[Macedon]]). The municipal unit has an area of 353.634&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}</ref> Population of the municipal unit 5,530 (2021). The seat was in [[Rodopoli, Serres|Rodopoli]].
[[File:Kerkini Hotel Oikoperiigitis.jpg|thumb|left|Hotel Oikoperiigitis in Kerkini]]
[[File:Kerkini 001.jpg|thumb|left|Lake Kerkini by Vlahos Vaggelis]]
[[File:Kerkini lake 2.jpg|thumb|left|Lake Kerkini by Vlahos Vaggelis]]
[[File:Serenity on Kerkini Lake.jpg|thumb|left|Small boat on Kerkini Lake.]]
==References==
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