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Ellinochori (Greek: Ελληνοχώρι meaning Greek village; formerly Βουλγάρκιοϊ, bg, Булгаркьой or Балъ Булгаркьой, tr, Bulgarkoj or Balı-Bulgarköy, ''Bulgarian village'') is a village in the northeastern part of the Evros regional unit in
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks and named after its mostly Bulgarian population. It was ceded to Bulgaria in 1915World War I: A - D.: Volume 1; 2005
p.241
/ref> along with the rest of the lower Evros (Maritsa) valley, but following the 1919
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Greece
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. Ellinochori is part of the municipality of Didymoteicho
Didymoteicho ( el, Διδυμότειχο, Didymóteicho ) is a city located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town ...
. It is situated on the left bank of the river Erythropotamos
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, northwest of the centre of Didymoteicho. In 2011 its population was 593 for the village and 1,373 for the community, including the villages Lagos
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and Thyrea.
Population
History
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks and named after its mostly Bulgarian population. It was ceded to Bulgaria in 1915World War I: A - D.: Volume 1; 2005p.241
/ref> along with the rest of the lower Evros (Maritsa) valley, but following the 1919
Treaty of Neuilly
The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine (french: Traité de Neuilly-sur-Seine) required Bulgaria to cede various territories, after Bulgaria had been one of the Central Powers defeated in World War I. The treaty was signed on 27 November 1919 at Neuilly ...
it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.
People
* Michalos Garoudis (b. 1940) * Panagiotis Goutzimisis (b. 1941)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
* Dikaia
* ...
External links
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References