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Ellinochori (Greek: Ελληνοχώρι meaning Greek village; formerly Βουλγάρκιοϊ, , , ''Bulgarian village'') is a village in the northeastern part of the Evros regional unit in
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks and named after its mostly Bulgarian population. It was ceded to Bulgaria in 1915World War I: A - D.: Volume 1; 2005
p.241
/ref> along with the rest of the lower Evros (Maritsa) valley, but following the 1919
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 ...
. Ellinochori is part of the municipality of Didymoteicho
Didymoteicho ( ) is a town located on the eastern edge of the Evros (regional unit), Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town (pop. 8,681 in 2021 ...
. It is situated on the left bank of the river Erythropotamos
The Erythropotamos (, meaning "red river") or Luda reka (, meaning "mad river") is a river in southern Bulgaria (Haskovo Province) and northeastern Greece ( Evros regional unit). Its Turkish name was ''Kızıldelisu''. Its source is near Mega Der ...
, northwest of the centre of Didymoteicho. In 2021 its population was 1,060 for the community, including the villages Lagos
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and Thyrea.
Population
History
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks and named after its mostly Bulgarian population. It was ceded to Bulgaria in 1915World War I: A - D.: Volume 1; 2005p.241
/ref> along with the rest of the lower Evros (Maritsa) valley, but following the 1919
Treaty of Neuilly
The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine (; ) was a treaty between the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand, and Bulgaria, one of the defeated Central Powers in World War I, on the other. The treaty required Bulgaria to cede various territor ...
it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.
People
* Michalos Garoudis (b. 1940) * Panagiotis Goutzimisis (b. 1941)See also
*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
* Arzos
* Asimenio
* Asproneri
* Asvestades
* Avas
* Chandras
* Dadia
* Didymoteicho
* ...
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