Neo Sidirochori Explained

Neo Sidirochori
Name Local:Νέο Σιδηροχώρι
Type:municipal unit
Periph:East Macedonia and Thrace
Periphunit:Rhodope
Pop Municunit:2213
Pop Community:1070
Population As Of:2021
Area Municunit:120.5
Coordinates:41.0167°N 46°W
Licence:ΚΟ

Neo Sidirochori (el|Νέο Σιδηροχώρι), is a village and a former municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Komotini, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 120.488 km2.[2] Population 2,213 (2021). The majority of the residents of the village descend from originally Greek refugees who had to flee from the village of Samakovo in Eastern Thrace after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War[3] [4] .

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.
  3. Web site: Προέλευση των Νεοσιδηροχωριτών . 2024-03-14 . xronos.gr . el.
  4. Web site: Νικολάου . Μαρία . 2017-09-04 . Κομοτηνή: Ημέρες μνήμης για το Νέο Σιδηροχώρι . 2024-03-14 . ertnews.gr . el.