Sitochori, Evros Explained

Sitochori
Name Local:Σιτοχώρι
Type:community
Periph:East Macedonia and Thrace
Periphunit:Evros
Municipality:Didymoteicho
Municunit:Didymoteicho
Population:242
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:41.4619°N 26.3575°W

Sitochori is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Didymoteicho. Sitochori is about 20 km northwest of central Didymoteicho, and north of the river Erythropotamos.

Population

Year Population
1981 439
1991 406
2001 440
2011 326
2021 242

History

Before 1913 Sitochori was under Ottoman Turkish control. The name of the village under Turkish control was Казълджикьой. There were 150 Bulgarian (Hane) houses in the village. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. The village changed its name to Skourtochori (Σκουρτοχώρι) in 1923 and then it was renamed to its current name, Sitochori, in 1954.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169968 Name changes of settlements in Greece