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]