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Kroussa (Greek: Κρουσσά) is a municipality in the Kilkis Prefecture, Greece. Population 6770 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Terpylos (or Terpyllos).
Melissourgio is one of the most picturesque villages in the municipality. Agios Antonios is one of the villages near by. The largest villages in the municipality are Efkarpía (pop. 618), Térpyllos, Eptálofos (521), Váthi (433) and Fyska (98). The municipality is divided into 19 municipal districts. In Palatiano, there is the most important archaeological site of Northern Greece. It was the ancient city of Ioron, flourished from 10th century BC to 3rd century AD, continuously.
In the Macedonian Struggle, people of Kroussa villages fought in order to free their lands from Turkish and Bulgarians. Some of the Macedonian Fighters are:
* Ioannis Villioglou "Kapetan Ramnalis", Issoma, (1885 - 1923)
* father Dimitrios Papadimitriou, Issoma
* Nikolaos Kapoulas, Koronouda
Division of the municipality
- Terpyllos / Δ.δ. Τερπύλλου [ 943 ]
- Agios Markos / Δ.δ. Αγίου Μάρκου [ 238 ]
- Anavryton / Δ.δ. Αναβρυτού [ 191 ]
- Anavryton / το Αναβρυτόν [ 145 ]
- Plagiochorion / το Πλαγιοχώριον [ 46 ]
- Antigoneia / Δ.δ. Αντιγονείας [ 400 ]
- Vathi / Δ.δ. Βάθης -- η Βάθη [ 433 ]
- Gerakarion / Δ.δ. Γερακαρίου [ 354 ]
- Gerakarion / το Γερακάριον [ 243 ]
- Palatianon / το Παλατιανόν [ 111 ]
- Ellinikon / Δ.δ. Ελληνικού -- το Ελληνικόν [ 166 ]
- Eptalofos / Δ.δ. Επταλόφου -- ο Επτάλοφος [ 521 ]
- Evkarpia / Δ.δ. Ευκαρπίας -- η Ευκαρπία [ 618 ]
- Theodosia / Δ.δ. Θεοδοσίων -- τα Θεοδόσια [ 214 ]
- Isoma / Δ.δ. Ισώματος [ 440 ]
- Isoma / το Ίσωμα [ 333 ]
- Riziana / τα Ριζανά [ 107 ]
- Kato Theodorakion / Δ.δ. Κάτω Θεοδωρακίου [ 207 ]
- Kato Theodorakion / το Κάτω Θεοδωράκιον [ 146 ]
- Ano Theodorakion / το Άνω Θεοδωράκιον [ 61 ]
- Kentrikon / Δ.δ. Κεντρικού [ 405 ]
- Koiladion / Δ.δ. Κοιλαδίου [ 368 ]
- Koiladion / το Κοιλάδιον [ 140 ]
- Kalolovadon / το Καλολίβαδον [ 15 ]
- Cheimadion / το Χειμαδιόν [ 213 ]
- Kokkinia / Δ.δ. Κοκκινιάς [ 222 ]
- Koronouda / Δ.δ. Κορωνούδας -- η Κορωνούδα [ 321 ]
- Pantokerasea / Δ.δ. Ποντοκερασέας [ 216 ]
- Tripotamos / Δ.δ. Τριποτάμου [ 101 ]
- Fyska / Δ.δ. Φύσκας [ 412 ]
- Fyska / η Φύσκα [ 289 ]
- Kataskinoseis / οι Κατασκηνώσεις [ 0 ]
- Spourgitis / ο Σπουργίτης [ 123 ]
Melissourgeio or Melissourgio (older Form Melissourgeion) is one of the most pitoresc villages in the municipality. Agios Antonios is one of the villages near by.
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