Petrades () is a village near the easternmost point of mainland

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. Since 1997, it 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 located south of the community of

Pythio Pythio (Greek: Πύθιο, Turkish: Kuleliburgaz), also referred to as Pythion (Πύθιον), is a village and community in the eastern part of Didymoteicho municipality, Evros regional unit, Greece. It is 16 km east of the centre of Didy ...

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is to the south and to the east. Forests are along the riverbed and farmlands are along Petrades.''ΠΕΤΡΑΔΕΣ-Θράκη -Έβρος. Ψηφίδες Ιστορίας και Πολιτισμού'', Triantaphyllos Seleridis, 2019, It is accessed by a road linking

Greek National Road 51 Greek National Road 51 (, abbreviated as EO51) is a predominantly single carriageway road in the Evros regional unit of Greece. The road is a branch of the EO2 from Alexandroupolis and runs almost parallel to the Evros river from Ardani in t ...

near Didymoteicho with Pythio. The community was affected by the floods of Evros which lasted from February 17 to March 8, 2005.

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Didymoteicho Populated places in Evros (regional unit) {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub

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