title: Paralimni, Serres
text: # Paralimni, Serres
  
  Paralimni (Greek: Παραλίμνι, Παραλίμνιο) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 21 km southeast of Serres. Since 2011 administrative reform it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas and has a population of 720 inhabitants. Until 1928 it was named "Vernar".
  
  ## History
  
  About 500 m. north of Paralimni, near the bay of the dried-out ancient Cercinitis lake (later Achinos lake), the traces of a lakeside ancient settlement has been discovered, possibly named "Cima" (Greek: Κιμα), which probably means "bay". A number of ancient vase shells and an inscription of the Hellenistic period were found in this place.
  
  