Chrisso, Phocis

Community in Greece

Chrisso Χρισσό
Community
38°28′N 22°28′E / 38.467°N 22.467°E / 38.467; 22.467
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Greece
Regional unit	Phocis
Municipality	Delphi
Municipal unit	Delphi
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	598
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	330 54
Area code(s)	22650
Vehicle registration	AM

Chrisso (Greek: Χρισσό) is a village in Phocis, Greece. The modern village sits north of the ancient town of Crissa, a powerful city-state of ancient Greece which gave its name to the Crissaean plain and the Crissaean Gulf and lies in the southwestern foothills of Mount Parnassus. Chrisso is 2 km southwest of Delphi, 10 km southeast of Amfissa and 6 km northeast of Itea. The Greek National Road 48 (Nafpaktos - Delphi - Livadeia) passes west of the village. Chrisso belongs to the municipality of Delphi.

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	1,076
1991	948
2001	1,021
2011	743
2021	598

History

The town is first mentioned in Homer's Catalog of Ships, as a Phoecean settlement that participated in Trojan War (ca. 12th-13th century B.C.). The rubble from the ancient wall of Krissa lies in the modern Stefani hill. The ancient city was devastated by Amphictiones in the war which lasted from around 600 BC and 590 BC. In the Crisaean fields, an ancient hippodrome is founded.

Persons

Strophilus of Crissa

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.