Neochori (Greek: Νεοχώρι meaning new village) is a village and a community in the municipality of
Orestiada
Orestiada ( el, Ορεστιάδα, formerly , ''Nea Orestiás''), is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest town of the Evros regional unit of Thrace. Founded by Greek refugees from Edirne after the ...
in the northern part of the
Evros regional unit in
Greece
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. The community includes the village Patagi. It is situated 7 km west of the centre of Orestiada.
Population
History
It was annexed to
Greece
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in 1920, prior it was ruled by the
Ottomans. It adopted its current name after the annexation, refugees flowed into the village and the Turkish population was displaced eastward.
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
* Di ...
References
External links
Neochori on GTP Travel Pages
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Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
Orestiada