Trígono ( el, Τρίγωνο, , meaning "triangle") is a former municipality in the Evros regional unit,

East Macedonia and Thrace Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ( el, Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη, translit=Anatolikí Makedonía ke Thráki, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the northeastern parts of the coun ...

, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality

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 ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 392.538 km². Its population is 5,370 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was in

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 ...

. The municipality was created in 1997 under the Capodistrian Plan. Trigono is the country's northernmost municipal unit, situated in the triangle between the rivers Evros and Ardas. It borders

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to the north and west, and Turkey to the northeast. The nearest cities are

Svilengrad Svilengrad ( bg, Свиленград; el, Σβίλενγκραντ; ota, Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria, situated at the border of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. It is the administrative centre of the h ...

(Bulgaria) to the north,

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(Turkey) to the east, and Orestiada to the southeast. The area consists mainly of low hills, with plains in the river valleys, and higher elevations up to 400 m towards the west. The area of Trigono was under Ottoman Turkish rule until 1912-1913

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. After 7 years of Bulgarian rule, it was ceded to Greece in 1920.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Trigono is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *

Arzos Arzos ( el, Άρζος, Turkish: ''Kulakli'') is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is situated on the left bank of the river Ardas, about 20 km northwest of Orestiada. Arzos is part of the municipal un ...

(Arzos, Kanadas) *

(Dikaia, Dilofos, Krios, Palli) * Elaia * Therapeio *

Komara Komara ( el, Κόμαρα) is a village in the northwestern part of the Evros regional unit in northern Greece. Komara is in the municipal unit of Trigono. Its population was 628 in 2011. Komara is situated on the left (northern) bank of the rive ...

Marasia Marasia (Greek: Μαράσια, Turkish: ''Maraş'', Bulgarian:''Maраш'') is a village in the northern part of the Evros (regional unit), Evros regional unit in Greece. Marasia is part of the municipal unit of Trigono. In 2011 its population was ...

Milia A milium (''plural'' milia), also called a milk spot or an oil seed, is a clog of the eccrine sweat gland. It is a keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.Freedberg, et al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick' ...

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 ...

* Pentalofos *

Petrota Petrota ( el, Πετρωτά) is a village at the northernmost point of Greece, part of the municipal unit Trigono. It was created around 1530 by Greeks that moved there from Epirus and Malta. In 1961 its population was 1,510. In the 1970s ...

* Plati * Ptelea * Spilaio

Population

External links

Trigono on GTP Travel Pages

References

{{Trigono Populated places in Evros (regional unit) el:Δήμος Ορεστιάδας#Ενότητα Τριγώνου