Neo Cheimonio () is a village in the municipality of

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 ...

in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is 6 km south of the centre of Orestiada. Neo Cheimonio is situated on the Greek National Road 51 (Feres - Soufli - Didymoteicho - Orestiada - Ormenio - Svilengrad), and has a station on the Ormenio - Didymoteicho railway. It is about 5 km west of the river Evros, that forms the border with

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here. The nearest village is Thourio to the south. It was annexed by Greece in 1920, prior it was ruled by the

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Population

The town is populated by

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{{Orestiada Populated places in Evros (regional unit) Orestiada Albanian communities of Western Thrace

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