Evgeniko ( el, Ευγενικό, before 1954: Δελήτιον – ''Delitio''
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. It is located at the foot of low hills by the side of the river Erythropotamos
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. Evgeniko is part of the community of Mani
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within the municipality of Didymoteicho
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. It is 3.5 km south of Sitochori, 5 km northwest of Mani, 16 km northwest of Didymoteicho and 17 km southwest of Orestiada
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. Its population was recorded as 85 in the 2011 census.
Population
History
Originally, the village was located 2 km north, at the Palaiochoria ("old village") site. Its Ottoman name was Delimosluk (Ντελίμοσλουκ) which was eventually corrupted to Delimis (''Ντελίμις''). The new village was founded in 1922 and renamed to Delitio (Δελήτιο). Due to the benefaction of the shipping magnate Eugenios Eugenidis
Eugenios Eugenidis ( el, Ευγένιος Ευγενίδης; December 1882 – April 1954) was a prominent Greek shipping magnate.
Early life
Eugenios Eugenidis was born in Didymoteicho, Evros (then part of the Ottoman Empire) on 22 December ...
, who provided for the village's water supply, it was later given its current name.
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
Evgeniko on GTP Travel Pages
References
{{Didymoteicho
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)