Koufovouno | |
Name Local: | Κουφόβουνο |
Type: | community |
Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Periphunit: | Evros |
Municipality: | Didymoteicho |
Municunit: | Didymoteicho |
Population: | 599 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Coordinates: | 41.355°N 52.1°W |
Koufovouno (el|Κουφόβουνο) is a settlement in the municipality of Didymoteicho in the northern Evros regional unit, Greece. It is situated on a low hill near the right bank of the river Erythropotamos, at 70 m elevation. In 2021 its population was 599. It is 3 km southwest of Ellinochori, 5 km southeast of Kyani, and 5 km west of Didymoteicho.
During the Ottoman period, Koufovouno was inhabited mostly by Bulgarians and Turks. It was occupied by the Greeks at the end of World War I and it became a part of Greece. Its current population is mostly descendants of Greek refugees from Eastern Thrace.
Year | Population | |
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1981 | 1,201 | |
1991 | 1,287 | |
2001 | 958 | |
2011 | 629 | |
2021 | 599 |