| Tychero | |
| Name Local: | Τυχερό |
| Type: | municipal unit |
| Coordinates: | 41.0167°N 43°W |
| Elevation: | 40 |
| Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Periphunit: | Evros |
| Municipality: | Soufli |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Pop Municunit: | 2647 |
| Pop Community: | 1483 |
| Area Municunit: | 220.4 |
| Licence: | EB |
Tycheró (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τυχερό, in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /tiçeˈro/) is a town and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Soufli, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 220.411 km2.[2] Tychero is situated near the river Evros, which forms the border with Turkey here.
Under Ottoman rule Tychero was known as Bıdıklı (Greek: Μπίντικλι). After the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) it became part of Bulgaria, and it became part of Greece in 1920. It was renamed to Tychio, which was changed to the current name Tychero in 1953.[3] In February 2006 Tychero was struck by a flood of the Evros river. The town is populated by Arvanites[4] originally from Ibriktepe, now in Turkey.
The municipal unit Tychero is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):[1]
| Year | Community | Municipal unit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2,004 | 4,188 | |
| 2001 | 2,031 | 4,103 | |
| 2011 | 2,311 | 4,010 | |
| 2021 | 1,483 | 2,647 |
The Greek National Road 51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio) passes west of the town. Tychero is located south of Soufli, south-southwest of Orestiada, northwest of İpsala (Turkey), north of Feres and northeast of Alexandroupoli.
The settlement is served by a railway station on the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line.