Kavyli () is a village in the northern part of the
Evros regional unit in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of
Vyssa
Vyssa () is a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Orestiada, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 17 ...
, which is part of the municipality
Orestiada
Orestiada (, Katharevousa, formerly ), is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest town of the Evros (regional unit), Evros regional unit of western Thrace, Thrace. Founded by Greek refugees from Edirne a ...
since 2011. It is bypassed by the
Greek National Road 51 (Feres - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio). It is 7 km north of the centre of Orestiada, and 4 km southwest of
Nea Vyssa.
Population
The town is populated by
Arvanites
Arvanites (; Arvanitika: , or , ; Greek: , ) are a population group in Greece of Albanian origin. They are bilingual, traditionally speaking Arvanitika, an Albanian language variety, along with Greek. Their ancestors were first recorded ...
.
History
The village was founded by the
Ottoman Turks, it was known as ''Emirler'' (Емирлер in Bulgarian). After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result, its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey. Kavyli joined the municipality of Vyssa in the late 1990s.
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
* ...
References
{{Vyssa
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
Orestiada
Albanian communities of Western Thrace