[a] The highest point in the vicinity is 335 meters above sea level, 3.2 km east of Megali Vrysi.

[4] The nearest major community is Kilkis, 6.8 km east of Megali Vrysi.

[7] Until 1994, it was the seat of the community of Megali Vrysi, to which the neighbouring settlement of Metalliko also belonged.

[1] The " Ethnography vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Salonika ", published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflects the statistics of the male population by 1873, Armutliya ( Armoutlia ) is listed as a village in Hisar said Aurelia with 40 houses and 105 inhabitants Pomaks.

This area of the Macedonian front was the scene of fighting between the Bulgarians and the Entente forces dominated by the Armée d'Orient (1915–1919).