Amaxades Explained

Amaxades
Name Local:Αμαξάδες
Type:municipal unit
Periph:East Macedonia and Thrace
Periphunit:Rhodope
Pop Municunit:1752
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:34.3
Elevation:52
Coordinates:41.1167°N 29°W
Licence:ΚΟ

Amaxades (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αμαξάδες, Bulgarian: Арабаджи, Turkish: Arabacıköy) is a village and a former community in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Iasmos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 34.300 km2.[2] The population is 1,752 (2021). South of the village are the remains of the Byzantine-era town Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
  3. http://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/places/32297.html Anastasioupolis