Zoni (Greek: Ζώνη, Turkish: ''Çavuşkoy'') is a village in the northern part of the
Evros regional unit in
Greece
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. Zoni is in the municipal unit of
Kyprinos
Kyprinos () is a town and 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 municipal unit. The municipal unit has ...
. In 2021 its population was 294 for the municipal community, including the villages Chelidona and Mikra Doxipara. It is located close to the border with
Bulgaria
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, south of Kyprinos village, and east of
Ivaylovgrad, Bulgaria. Zoni is on the
Greek National Road 53 (Alexandroupoli - Aisymi - Mikro Dereio - Kyprinos - Ormenio).
Population
History
The village was founded by the
Ottoman Turks. Its inhabitants were 3/4 Bulgarian and 1/4 Turkish before the village was annexed by Greece from Bulgaria in 1920 and before the aftermath of the
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) There have been several Greco-Turkish Wars:
* Orlov revolt (1770) Greeks' first major, organized Revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the support of Russia
*Greek War of Independence (1821–1830), against the Ottoman Empire
* First Greco-Turkish ...
, when Greek refugees from
Eastern Thrace
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and
Asia Minor
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settled into the village. Its Turkish name was changed to the current Zoni.
See also
*
List of settlements in the Evros regional unit
References
{{Kyprinos
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
Orestiada