Evros Regional Unit

Vyssa (Greek: Βύσσα) 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 municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 170.179 km². Population 4,378 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Nea Vyssa. It is named after a former village 4 km (2 mi) to its north that is now in Turkey. Refugees from that side fled into this area and settled into these villages.

Kastanies railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική Στάση Καστανέων, romanized: Sidirodromiki Stasi Kastanies) is a railway stop in Kastanies, Greece. It was opened in 1971 by the OSE. It is one of the northernmost railway stops in Greece, close to the Turkish border. lies 1.1 km (0.68 mi) from the village center, down an unnamed road on the edge of the village. The journey from Kastanies to Alexandroupoli takes around 128 mins.

Η σιδηροδρομική γέφυρα Άρδα βρίσκεται στο βόρειο τμήμα του νομού Έβρου, επί της σιδηροδρομικής γραμμής Αλεξανδρούπολης - Δικαίων, μεταξύ των σταθμών Καστανιών και Μαρασίων. Η μελέτη για το έργο αυτό εκπονήθηκε από Έλληνες τεχνικούς. Την κατασκευή της γέφυρας ανέλαβε ελληνική τεχνική εταιρία. Οι εργασίες κατασκευής της ξεκίνησαν το 1972 και ολοκληρώθηκαν το 1975, ενώ τα εγκαίνιά της τελέστηκαν στις 2 Νοεμβρίου 1975.

Trígono (Greek: Τρίγωνο, [ˈtriɣono], 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 municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 392.538 km². The seat of the municipality was in Dikaia. 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 Bulgaria to the north and west, and Turkey to the northeast. The nearest cities are Svilengrad (Bulgaria) to the north, Edirne (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.

Граничен контролно-пропускателен пункт Ивайловград – Кипринос (накратко ГКПП Ивайловград – Кипринос) се намира в близост до село Славеево, отвъд границата е село Саръхадър прекръстено от гърците на Кипринос. Пунктът свързва Ивайловград с Димотика.

Η Γαλήνη είναι ακατοίκητος πεδινός οικισμός της περιφερειακής ενότητας Έβρου σε υψόμετρο 80 μέτρα.

Greek National Road 51 (Greek: Εθνική Οδός 51, abbreviated as EO51) is a single carriageway road in northeastern Greece. It connects the Greek National Road 2 (Florina - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli - Turkey) near Feres with the Bulgarian border near Ormenio. The main towns on the GR-51 are Didymoteicho and Orestiada. The entire GR-51 is part of the European route E85. Its length is about 128 km. It runs from south to north, parallel to the river Evros.

The Lordship of Demotika was a short-lived Crusader state in 1204–05, founded after the Fourth Crusade in the conquered Byzantine lands of Thrace around Demotika (Didymoteicho).

Neo Cheimonio (Greek: Νέο Χειμώνιο) is a village in the municipality of Orestiada in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is 6 km south of the centre of Orestiada. Neo Cheimonio is situated on the Greek National Road 51 (Feres - Soufli - Didymoteicho - Orestiada - Ormenio - Svilengrad), and has a station on the Ormenio - Didymoteicho railway. It is about 5 km west of the river Evros, that forms the border with Turkey here. The nearest village is Thourio to the south. It was annexed by Greece in 1920, prior it was ruled by the Ottomans.

The Feridun Ahmed Bey Hamam (Greek: Χαμάμ του Φεριντούν Αχμέτ Μπέη, Turkish: Feridun Ahmed Bey Hamam) is an Ottoman bath which dates from 1571/72 and is located to the north of the Mehmed I Mosque in the central square of Didymoteicho, in northern Greece. Today it stands in poor condition.

Praggion railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική Στάση Πραγγίον, romanized: Sidirodromiki stasi Praggion) is a small unstaffed railway station that serves the village of Praggion, Evros, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located southwest of the settlement, Today Hellenic Train operates just two daily regional trains to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio.

Uzunköprü Sınır Kapısı, Edirne'nin Uzunköprü ilçesinde yer alan Türkiye – Yunanistan arasındaki demiryolu gümrük/sınır kapısıdır. 4 Eylül 1953 tarihinde hizmete girmiştir.

Ο Nαός της Αγίας Αικατερίνης βρίσκεται εντός του βυζαντινού κάστρου του Διδυμοτείχου. Παλιότερα αποτελούσε ταφικό παρεκκλήσι που χρονολογείται από τον 14ο αιώνα. Το οικοδόμημα συνδέεται με την αρχιτεκτονική της Κωνσταντινούπολης και αποτελεί ένα από τα πιο σημαντικά χριστιανικά μνημεία της περιοχής.

Η Βέργη, έως το 1920 γνωστή ως Σιαδαμάν, Έβρου ήταν οικισμός του Νομού Έβρου, στην περιοχή μεταξύ των σημερινών οικισμών Ζώνη και Λάδη. Καταργήθηκε διοικητικά το 1951. Επί Τουρκοκρατίας, μέχρι το 1920, ονομαζόταν Σιαδαμάν. Αρχικά ο οικισμός ανήκε στον Νομό Αδριανουπόλεως, το 1924 προσαρτήθηκε στην κοινότητα Ζώνης της Επαρχίας Ορεστιάδος στο Νομό Έβρου. Το χωριό είχε πληθυσμό 119 κατοίκους στην απογραφή του 1920, 145 το 1928 και 117 το 1940.

Η Αβδέλλα είναι οικισμός της τοπικής κοινότητας και δημοτικής ενότητας Μεταξάδων, του δήμου Διδυμοτείχου, της περιφερειακής ενότητας (τέως νομού) Έβρου, στην περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, σύμφωνα με το πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης. Πρίν το πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης και το σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, ανήκε στην επαρχία Διδυμοτείχου του νομού Έβρου, στο γεωγραφικό διαμέρισμα Θράκης.

Greek National Road 53 (abbr: EO53) is a national highway of Greece. It connects Alexandroupoli with Ormenio on the Bulgarian border, passing through Aisymi, Mikro Dereio, Metaxades and Kyprinos.

Orfeas (Greek: Ορφέας), named after the mythical musician Orpheus, 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 Soufli, of which it is a municipal unit. Its land area is 643.266 km² (248.366 sq mi). It is located in the north-central part of Evros, and borders both southeastern Bulgaria and northwestern Turkey. The seat of the municipality was in Lavara (pop. 747 in 2021). Much of the land is mountainous and forested to the west, extending up to the Rhodope regional unit. It is linked with GR-51 (Alexandroupoli – Orestiada – Edirne in Turkey and Svilengrad in Bulgaria). The town of Lávara sits on a plain. It is located SE of Svilengrad, S of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, and 13 km N of Soufli and 78 km N of Alexandroupoli. The municipality's next largest towns are Agriani, Mega Dereio and Amorio.

Mega Dereio (Greek: Μέγα Δέρειο) is a village in the central part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Orfeas within the municipality of Soufli. Together with 6 other villages, it forms the community of Mikro Dereio. It is situated near the upper course of the river Erythropotamos, in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains. The Greek National Road 53 (Alexandroupoli – Mikro Dereio – Kyprinos – Ormenio) passes through the village.

The Seyyid Ali Sultan Tekke (Greek: Τεκές Σεγίτ Αλή Σουλτάν, Turkish: Seyyit Ali Sultan Tekke), also known as the Kizil Deli Tekke, or the Roussa Tekke, or the Monastery of Roussa, is a historical Ottoman tekke near the village of Roussa, in the Evros regional unit of Western Thrace in Greece. It is an Ottoman Alevi tekke, that is a gathering place for dervishes, especially those belonging to the Bektashi order. Today it has been restored and it is occasionally operational for the local community. It is considered one of the oldest preserved tekkes in the Balkan peninsula, and a very important center for Bektashism.

Ergene (Turkish: Ergene Nehri; Ancient Greek: Εργίνης, Eryinis) is a major left tributary of the Maritsa (Meriç) river, flowing entirely in the East Thrace region of Turkey.

The Dadia Forest is a large area of natural woodland in the Evros regional unit in northeastern Greece. The forest consists mostly of oak and pine. It is one of the most important areas in Europe for birds of prey, and the only forest in Europe where all four European species of vulture can be seen. It is a fully managed protected area of 7,290 hectares (18,000 acres) and is visited by about 35,000 people each year.

Filakto railway stop (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική Στάση Φυλακτού, romanized: Sidirodromiki stasi Filakto) is a railway stop that serves the village of Filakto, Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located close to the village center, Today TrainOSE operates just 1 daily Regional trains to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The train stop is unstaffed

Τα Κοίλα είναι οικισμός στη Θράκη και την Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Έβρου.

Η Μονή Δαδιάς ή Μονή Γενεθλίου της Θεοτόκου Δαδιάς βρίσκεται στην περιφερειακή ενότητα Έβρου σε απόσταση 10,5 χλμ. ΝΔ. από το Σουφλί και 63 χλμ. ΒΑ. από την Αλεξανδρούπολη. Βρίσκεται μέσα στο Εθνικό πάρκο Δαδιάς - Λευκίμμης - Σουφλίου και στην τοποθεσία "Παλαιοχώρα". Περιβάλλεται από χαμηλούς λόφους με άφθονα νερά και είναι κτισμένη στη βάση ενός κατάφυτου και επιβλητικού βράχου που έχει ύψος 80 μέτρα.

Το Μουσείο Μετάξης στο Σουφλί παρουσιάζει όλες τις φάσεις και τα στάδια από την προβιομηχανική διαδικασία της εκτροφής των μεταξοσκωλήκων (σηροτροφία) και της επεξεργασίας του μεταξιού (μεταξουργία), μέσα στο κοινωνικο-οικονομικό πλαίσιο που ανέδειξε την περιοχή ως σημαντικό μεταξοπαραγωγικό κέντρο της Ελλάδας (τέλη 19ου - μέσα 20ού αι). Το μουσείο ανήκει στο Δίκτυο Μουσείων του Πολιτιστικού Ιδρύματος Ομίλου Πειραιώς.

Feres railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Φερών, romanized: Sidirodromikós stathmós Ferón) is a railway station that serves the town of Feres, Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) west of the town centre, the station opened in 1896 by the Chemins de fer Orientaux, (now part of OSE). Today Hellenic Train operates just 4 daily Regional trains to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. The station is unstaffed however there are waiting rooms available, if open. Feres is the first stop after Alexandroupolis, as the railway heads north.

The Battle of Merhamli was part of the First Balkan War between the armies of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire which took place on 14/27 November 1912. After a long chase throughout Western Thrace the Bulgarian troops led by General Nikola Genev and Colonel Aleksandar Tanev surrounded the 10,000-strong Kırcaali Detachment under the command of Mehmed Yaver Pasha. Attacked in the surrounding of the village Merhamli (Now Peplos in modern Greece), only a few of the Ottomans managed to cross the Maritsa River. The rest surrendered in the following day on 28 November.

The Theotokos Kosmosoteira (Greek: Θεοτόκος η Κοσμοσώτειρα, lit. 'Theotokos the World-Saviour') is a Greek Orthodox monastery in Feres, Evros Prefecture, Greece. It was built around 1152 by the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, a son of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. The monastery became the core of the settlement of Feres, but is last attested in the mid-14th century. By the 15th-century, under the Ottoman Empire, the complex was a mosque; it again became a church in 1940.

Rhodope (Greek: Ῥοδόπη) was a late Roman and early Byzantine province, situated on the northern Aegean coast. A part of the Diocese of Thrace, it extended along the Rhodope Mountains range, covering parts of modern Western Thrace (in Greece) and south-western Bulgaria. The province was headed by a governor of the rank of praeses, with Trajanopolis as the provincial capital. According to the 6th-century Synecdemus, there were six further cities in the province, Maroneia, Maximianopolis, Nicopolis, Kereopyrgos (unknown location) and Topeiros (mod. Toxotai in Greece).

Traianoupoli (Greek: 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 Traianoupoleos.

The Battle of Maritsa or Battle of Chernomen (Serbian: Marička bitka / Маричка битка; Turkish: Çirmen Muharebesi, İkinci Meriç Muharebesi in tr. Second Battle of Maritsa) took place at the Maritsa River near the village of Chernomen (present-day Ormenio, Greece) on 26 September 1371 between Ottoman forces commanded by Lala Şahin Pasha and Evrenos, and Serbian forces commanded by King Vukašin Mrnjavčević and his brother Despot Jovan Uglješa.

Sırpsındığı was according to Ottoman sources, a sudden night raid by an Ottoman force led by Hacı İlbey on a Serbian contingent at the banks of the Maritsa river about 15 kilometres from the city of Adrianople. It occurred in 1364 between an expeditionary force of the Ottomans and a Serbian army that also included crusaders, led by king Louis I of Hungary, sent by the Pope. The Ottomans destroyed the Serbian army, which is why the battle was known as "sırp sındığı" (destruction of Serbs). The battle was the first attempt to throw the Ottomans from the Balkans with an allied army. There is no record of this battle in any Serbian, Hungarian, papal, or other European sources.

Sale (Greek: Σάλη, Sálē) was a Greek city located on the south coast of ancient Thrace, near the west mouth of the Hebrus, and nearly equidistant from Zone and Doriscus, thus between the river Nestos and the Hebrus.

The Alexandroupolis–Svilengrad railway (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Αλεξανδρούπολης - Σβίλενγκραντ, romanized: Sidiródromos Alexandroúpolis-Svílen'nkrant) is a 178.5 kilometres (110.9 mi) long railway connecting the port of Alexandroupolis in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece with Svilengrad in Bulgaria, via the village of Ormenio. Despite its name, as of 2020 there is only passenger service on the section on Greek territory, between Alexandroupolis and Ormenio, as the international services to Sofia (via Svilengrad) and Istanbul ("Friendship Express") have been suspended as of 2011.

The Evrenos Bey Han, also known as the Hana of Trajanopolis (Greek: Χάνα της Τραϊανούπολης; Turkish: Kara Ilıca’daki Hanı) or just Hana is a caravanserai (han) in northern Greece, and one of the oldest Ottoman monuments in the Balkans. It was built in 1370–90 by Gazi Ahmet Evrenos and is located in the Trajanopolis Baths, just twelve kilometers to the northeast of Alexandroupolis. The monument is a long, rectangular building with external dimensions of 38.8 by 13 metres (127 ft × 43 ft).

The Mosque of Alexandroupolis (Greek: Τζαμί Αλεξανδρούπολης, Turkish: Dedeağaç Camii) is an Ottoman-era mosque in the town of Alexandroupolis, Western Thrace, in Greece. Like most mosques in Thrace, it is open for worship and serves the small Muslim community of the town. The entrance to the mosque is in the north side of Kassandras Street.

The Thessaloniki–Alexandroupolis railway is an about 440 km long railway in northern Greece connecting the Central Macedonian city of Thessaloniki with Alexandroupolis in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, via Serres. There is a connection towards Sofia at the Strymonas station. This railway was built in 1896 by The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Ottoman Jonction Salonique-Constantinople (JSC).

Ο Ασάνης ή η Ασάνη, είναι ακατοίκητη νησίδα που βρίσκεται στο νομό Έβρου, και συγκεκριμένα στις εκβολές του Δέλτα του Έβρου του Δήμου Αλεξανδρούπολης, με τις νησίδες Ξέρα Ασάνη στα δυτικά, και Καραβιού Ξηράδι στα νοτιοδυτικά να βρίσκονται σε κοντινή απόσταση.Είναι η μεγαλύτερη από τις νησίδες, και η συνολική έκταση της είναι 0.412 τ. χλμ. και και το μήκος της ακτής 6.041 χλμ.

Τα Πεύκα είναι οικισμός της Θράκης στην Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Έβρου.

Овчарица или Чобан (на гръцки: Τσοπάν, Цопан) e нeвисока и сравнително необширна планина в Беломорска Тракия западно от делтата на река Марица, в най-южните ниски възвишения на Родопите. Склоновете ѝ се спускат плавно към Бяло море между Фере и Дедеагач. Простира се западно от първия и северно от втория град.

Το Καραβιού Ξηράδι ή Καραβιού Ξουράφι, είναι ακατοίκητη νησίδα που βρίσκεται στο νομό Έβρου, και συγκεκριμένα στις εκβολές του Δέλτα του Έβρου του Δήμου Αλεξανδρούπολης, με τις νησίδες Ασάνη στα βορειοανατολικά και Ξέρα Ασάνη στα βόρεια να βρίσκονται σε κοντινή απόσταση. Είναι η μικρότερη σε μέγεθος νησίδα σε σχέση με τις άλλες 2, και η συνολική έκταση της είναι 0.08 τ. χλμ. και και το μήκος της ακτής 2.207 χλμ.

Η Ξέρα Ασάνη ή Νοτιοδυτική Ασάνη, είναι ακατοίκητη νησίδα που βρίσκεται στον Νομό Έβρου, και συγκεκριμένα στις εκβολές του Δέλτα του Έβρου του Δήμου Αλεξανδρούπολης, με τις νησίδες Ασάνη στα ανατολικά και Καραβιού Ξηράδι στα νότια της, να βρίσκονται σε κοντινή απόσταση. Είναι η μεσαία από τις 3 νησίδες, και η συνολική έκταση της είναι 0.4 τ. χλμ. και και το μήκος της ακτής 6.259 χλμ.

Zone (Ancient Greek: Ζώνη) was an ancient Greek polis on the Aegean coast of ancient Thrace on a promontory of the same name, a short distance to the west of the entrance of the Lacus Stentoris.

Alexandroupolis (Greek: Αλεξανδρούπολη, pronounced [aleksanˈðrupoli]) or Alexandroupoli is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Greek Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, with a population of 71,751, and is an important port and commercial center for northeastern Greece.

Drys (Ancient Greek: Δρῦς) was an ancient Greek town of ancient Thrace.

Еникьой, още Джедидкьой, Кьосмеджид или Кюсмеджит (на гръцки: Ιάνα, Яна), е бивше българско село в Западна Тракия, Гърция в дем Дедеагач.