Ptelea ( el, Πτελέα, before 1951: Φτελιά ''Ftelia'') is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit,

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Trigono Trígono ( el, Τρίγωνο, , meaning "triangle") is a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Orestiada, of which it is a municip ...

. In 2011 its population was 441. It is located on the right bank of the river Evros, where it forms the border with

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. It is bypassed by the

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(Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio - Svilengrad). The town was formerly known as Karagatsoudi (Καραγατσούδι) and El-Karakas (Ελ-Καράκας), its Turkish name was ''Karaagaç''. The nearest villages are

Dikaia Dikaia ( el, Δίκαια, ) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Dikaia was the seat of the former municipality of Trigono, and is part of the municipality Orestiada since 2011. In 2011 its population was 561 ...

to its east, and

Ormenio Ormenio ( el, Ορμένιο, tr, Çirmen, bg, Черномен, Chernomen) is the northernmost place in all of Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Trigono in the Evros regional unit of Thrace. It is situated near the right bank of the r ...

to its northwest.

History

Ptelea was founded in 1924 by refugees from

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. In 1997 under the Capodistrian Plan, the community of Ptelea became part of the new municipality of Trigono with 11 other former communities.Δ. Τριγώνου (Έβρου)
EETAA local government changes At the Kallikratis reform, it became part of the municipality of Orestiada.

Population

Transport

Road

Ptelea is bypassed by the

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(Feres - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio), which continues across the border as the Bulgarian road 80 to Svilengrad.

Rail

The community is served by Ptelea railway stop, one of the most northernly railway stations in Greece. The station is served by Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line.

External links

El-KarakasPteleaPtelea on GTP Travel Pages

References

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