Anthia (Greek: Άνθεια) is a village in the southern part of the
Evros regional unit in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. Anthia is located near the old
Greek National Road 2
Greek National Road 2 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 2, abbreviated as EO2) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections, located in the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace. It connects the Albanian ...
between
Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupolis ( el, Αλεξανδρούπολη, ), Alexandroupoli, or Alexandrople is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Western Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It h ...
and
Feres. It is 10 km east of the centre of Alexandroupoli. Anthia was the seat of the municipality of
Traianoupoli
Traianoupoli ( el, Τραϊανούπολη) or Traianopolis or Trajanopolis was a medieval settlement in the 14th century in the Evros regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace region, northeastern Greece, nowadays named Loutra Traianopouleos.
...
, and a municipal district within that municipality, together with the village Aristino. In 2011 its population was 781 for the village and 1,226 for the municipal district. The settlements was created with the migration of Arvanites from
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
in 1923. They largely originate from the inhabitants of the villages of
Qytezë and
Sultanköy
Sultanköy is a town in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey.
Geography
Sultanköy is a coastal town in Marmaraereğlisi district of Tekirdağ Province.
It is situated in Rumeli (Thrace, the European part of Turkey) to the northeast of Marmaraere ...
.
Villages
*Anthia, pop. 781
*Aristino, pop. 445
Population
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 ...
External links
Anthia on GTP Travel Pages
References
{{Traianoupoli
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
Albanian communities of Western Thrace