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Evros was established as a prefecture in 1930 (Greek: Νομός Έβρου), when the former Thrace Prefecture was divided into the Rhodope and Evros prefectures. [3] As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was transformed into a regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region, with no change in its boundaries.
Discharge. • average. 3[ 1 ] Map of the river. Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος [ˈevros]) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç [meɾit͡ʃ]), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely ...
Following the defeat of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), the Greek Army under General Theodoros Pangalos retreated from Eastern Thrace to the area of Alexandroupolis. Bulgaria used the opportunity of the Greek defeat to demand that Alexandroupolis either be returned to Bulgarian control or declared a neutral zone under ...
UTC+3 (EEST) Postal code. 680 13. Vehicle registration. EB. Peplos (Greek: Πέπλος) is a town and a community of Feres municipal unit, Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a part of the municipality Alexandroupoli. [2] The town's population is around 1,000 people.
Website. www.soufli.gr. Soufli (Greek: Σουφλί, romanized: Souflí) is a town in the Evros regional unit, Greece, notable for the silk industry that flourished there in the 19th century. The town stands on the eastern slope of the twin hill of Prophet Elias, one of the easternmost spurs on the Rhodope Mountains.
List of settlements in the Evros regional unit. This is a list of settlements in the Evros regional unit, Greece: Aisymi. Alepochori. Alexandroupoli. Amorio. Ampelakia. Antheia. Ardani.
Feres, Evros. Feres (Greek: Φέρες) is a town and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Alexandroupolis, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 411.160 km 2. [3] Population 6,500 (2021).
Orestiada is only 6 km west of the banks of the Evros, which forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey. Orestiada is located 17 km north of Didymoteicho , 19 km south of Edirne , 28 km southeast of the Greek-Turkish- Bulgarian tripoint , 40 km southeast of Svilengrad , 91 km northeast of Alexandroupoli , and 212 km west of Istanbul .