Gefyra (, literally meaning "Bridge", until

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''Τοψίν''/''Topsin'', /''Topchievo'', ) is a village and a

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of the Chalkidona municipality, about 20 km northwest from

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. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Agios Athanasios, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 2,782 inhabitants in the community. The community of Gefyra covers an area of 29.836 km². There is a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...

junction near Gefyra, where the

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and E86 meets.

History

The village is the site of the surrender of the Ottoman garrison of

under Hasan Tahsin Pasha to the Greek army under Crown Prince

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during the

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(1912). The villa where the surrender took place now houses the Balkan Wars Museum.

References

Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Chalkidona {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub

History

See also

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