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A25 Motorway (Greece)
The A25 motorway is a controlled-access highway in northern Greece. It connects the Greek-Bulgarian border at Promachonas in the north with the A2 motorway (Greece), A2 motorway north of the city of Thessaloniki. Exit list The exits of the A25 motorway:Motorways-Exits accessed 4 September 2012 Gallery References {{coord, 40.8273, 23.0414, display=title Motorways in Greece Roads in Central Macedonia ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promachonas
Promachonas (, , ) is a village and a former community in the Serres (regional unit), Serres regional unit, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 42.212 km2. Population 184 (2021). A major border crossing with Bulgaria is located here. The Bulgarian town opposite Promachonas is Kulata. History The village was annexed in 1913 by Greek forces during the Second Balkan War. During the years of Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, the village was known by its Bulgarian name ''Dragotin''. After the events of the Greek genocide in Asia Minor, refugees settled in the village. In 1927 the village was renamed Promachonas. Around the village, there are also the villages of Kapnotopos and Rupel. In 1928 the village numbered 463 inhabitants. Before World War II, the village numbered 1,528 inhabitants, but with the beginning of the Greek-Italian War, the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki (regional Unit)
Thessaloniki ( ''Mitropolitiki enotita Thessaloníkis'', ''Metropolitan unit of Thessaloniki'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Modern regions of Greece, Region of Central Macedonia and its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. Geography The regional unit stretches from the Thermaic Gulf in the southwest to the Strymonian Gulf, Strymonic Gulf in the east. Two bodies of water are located in the north, Lake Koroneia in the heart of the regional unit and Lake Volvi in the east. There are farmlands throughout the west and southwest, with fewer in the northeast, north and along the Axios River valley. Mountainous areas include the Chortiatis in the west-central part, the Vertiskos in the north and parts of the Kerdylio mountains in the northeast. The regional unit borders on the Imathia regional unit to the southwest, Pella (regional unit), Pella to the west, Kilkis (regional unit), Kilkis to the north, Serres (regional unit), Serres to the east and Chalkidiki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strymoniko
Strymoniko () is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Irakleia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 156.850 km2. Population 2,519 (2021). References Populated places in Serres (regional unit) Irakleia, Serres {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub bg:Орляк (дем) el:Δήμος Στρυμωνικού ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provatas
Provatas (Greek: Προβατάς) is a larger village in Kapetan Mitrousi, Serres regional unit, northern Greece. It has 829 inhabitants (2021 census). Until 1923, the village was called ''Yenikoi'' or ''Yeniköy'' and inhabited mostly by Turks and Bulgarians. It was hard fought over on October 3 and 4, 1916, between the 10th (Irish) Division The 10th (Irish) Division, was one of the first of Kitchener's New Army K1 Army Group divisions (formed from Kitchener's 'first hundred thousand' new volunteers), authorized on 21 August 1914, after the outbreak of the Great War. It included ba ... and the Bulgarian Army. The Irish took and held the village, despite fierce and costly counterattacks by the Bulgarians. The Salonika Campaign. ''Dublin Fusiliers.com''. Retrieved 26 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek National Road 12
National Road 12 (, abbreviated as EO12) is a single carriageway road in northern Greece. It connects Thessaloniki with Kavala, passing through Serres and Drama. It also serves traffic heading towards the north, to the Greek/Bulgarian border. The section between Thessaloniki and Serres forms part of the Ε79 route. Part of the GR-12 has been replaced by the new A25 motorway (Thessaloniki - Serres) and the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos). Route The GR-12 runs north from downtown Thessaloniki as an urban arterial road called "odos Lagkada". This section is common with the GR-2. Near Efkarpia it joins with the A2 motorway and follows this to the northeast until Liti. It continues to the northeast, more or less parallel to the A25. It passes through Lachanas and crosses the river Strymonas at Strymoniko. It bypasses Serres, and runs east through Nea Zichni and to Drama. At Drama it turns southeast. The road ends in Kavala. The GR-12 passes through the following towns and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefkonas
Lefkonas () is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Serres, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 68.247 km2. Population 3,534 (2021). Near the village - on the hill of "Simitzi-bair" - the location of an ancient settlement has been found. Dimitrios C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 164 (Website of Municipality of Serres) Notable people *Sakis Anastasiadis
Sakis Anastasiadis (Greek: Σάκης Αναστασιάδης; born 1 July 1961) is a Greek professional foot ...
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Skotoussa
Skotoussa (, ) is a village and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Population 3,248 (2021). Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Irakleia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.433 km2. Transport The settlement is served by Skotoussa railway station on the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli line, with daily services to Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis (, ) or Alexandroupoli (, ) is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros (regional unit), Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Greek Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, with a population of 71,75 .... References Populated places in Serres (regional unit) Irakleia, Serres {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vamvakofyto
Vamvakofyto (; Medieval Greek: Σαβίακον, Saviakon; , Savyak) is a village in the municipal unit Sidirokastro, in the northern part of Serres (regional unit), Serres regional unit, Greece. Its altitude is 120 meters. References Populated places in Serres (regional unit) Sintiki {{CMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek National Road 63
Greek National Road 63 (abbr: EO63) is a national highway in northern Greece. It connects Serres with Promachonas on the Bulgarian border, via Sidirokastro. It is part of the European route E79 European route E 79 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Miskolc, Hungary and ends in Thessaloniki, Greece, also running through Romania and Bulgaria. The road is long. Itinerary The E 79 routes through .... References {{reflist 63 Roads in Central Macedonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
