Chandras (Greek: Χανδράς) is a village in the municipality of
Orestiada in the northern part of the
Evros regional unit in Greece. It is situated in the low hills between the rivers
Ardas and
Erythropotamos, about 20 km west of the centre of Orestiada. The nearest larger villages are
Megali Doxipara
Megali Doxipara (Greek: Μεγάλη Δοξιπάρα) is a village in the municipality of Orestiada in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Megali Doxipara is located about 23 km west of the centre of Orestiada. The neares ...
to its southwest and
Valtos to its northeast.
Population
History
Before 1913 it was ruled by the
Ottomans
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922).
Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
. 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.
See also
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List of settlements in the Evros regional unit
External links
Chandra on GTP Travel Pages
References
{{Orestiada
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
Orestiada