Choristi ( el, Χωριστή, before 1927: Τσατάλτζα – ''Tsataltza'',
bg, Чаталджа – ''Chataldzha'') is a town in
Drama municipality,
Drama regional unit,
East Macedonia and Thrace region,
Greece
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. The town is located about 8 km southeast of Drama and has a population of 2,725 (2011 census). The elevation is approximately 98 m.
History
According to the statistics of
Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 1.750
Greek Christians
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and 300
Turks lived in the village in 1900.
The town was known as Τσατάλτζα – ''Tsataltza'',
[ until renamed in 1927. During ]World War I
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from 1916 to 1918 the town was occupied by Bulgarian troops and the local men were shipped out to concentration camps in Bulgaria
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. Due to abuse, hunger and disease from the 525 hostages of Choristi less than 50 managed to return to Greece.
During World War II
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, the occupying Axis powers
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executed a number of people in Choristi as "terrorists" or "resistance fighters" or their sympathizers, this came to be known as the "Choristi Massacre".[Michal, Bernard (1971) ''Histoire Secrète des Maquis Étrangers'' (''The Secret History of the Resistance – outside France'') Ed. de Crémille, Geneva, volume 4, page 20, , in French]
References
External links
"Khoristi, Greece"
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
"Khoristi Map — Satellite Images of Khoristi"
Maplandia
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Populated places in Drama (regional unit)
Drama, Greece