Iasmos ( el, Ίασμος; tr, Yassıköy; ) is a town and a municipality in the Rhodope regional unit of

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. It is built on the side of the

Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; bg, Родопи, ; el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodopi''; tr, Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder i ...

. Although references about the village date back to the 16th Century, it is likely that those references are about the old location of the village, a few kilometres west of the current position. The actual date that the inhabitants settled in the current place is between the late 18th century and 1814 (the latter date is inscribed on the wall of the oldest church in the village).

Municipality

The municipality Iasmos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *

Amaxades Amaxades ( el, Αμαξάδες, Bulgarian: Арабаджи, tr, Arabacıköy) is a village and a former community in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municip ...

*Iasmos *

Sostis Sostis ( el, Σώστης; tr, Susurköy) is a village and a former municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Iasmos Iasmos ( el, Ίασμ ...

The municipality has an area of 485.285 km², the municipal unit 221.795 km².

People

Kostas Lazaridis Kostas Lazaridis (1900–1943) was a famous Greek trade unionist. He was a member of Central Committee of Greek Communist Party. Also he was a General Secretary of the worker's section of National Liberation Front (Greece). Early years He was born ...

(1900-1943), trade unionist *

George Chouliarakis George Chouliarakis ( el, Γιώργος Χουλιαράκης), also transliterated as Giorgos Houliarakis, is a Greek academic and politician who served as an Alternate Minister of Finance in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, serving unde ...

, Greek politician and former Minister of Finance

References

Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Populated places in Rhodope (regional unit) {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub