Type: | municipality |
Çakıllı | |
Coordinates: | 41.5167°N 79°W |
Province: | Kırklareli |
District: | Vize |
Population Total: | 1981 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Elevation M: | 155 |
Postal Code: | 39410 |
Area Code: | 0288 |
Çakıllı (former Erenler and Çakalondon) is a town (belde) in the Vize District, Kırklareli Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 1,981 (2022).[2] The town is situated on Turkish state highway D.020 which connects İstanbul to Kırklareli. Distance to Vize is and to Kırklareli is . The earliest inhabitants around Çakıllı were Thracians of the ancient ages. In Middle Ages it was a part of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Turkish traveller Evliya Çelebi described the settlement as a settlement where Turks and Greeks lived together in the 17th century. After the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Turkish refugees from Bulgaria were also settled in Çakıllı. Çakıllı was declared a seat of township in 1969.[3]