Lagos, Evros

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Lagos
Λαγός
Statistics
Country: Greece
Prefecture: Evros
Municipality: Didymoteicho
Municipal district: Ellinochori
Population: (2001)
-Village (change)
Municipal district
-Percent of the municipality
1,403
59.15%
7.17%
Altitude: 
-lowest:
 -centre:		 about 60 m (west)
50 m
about 40 m (northwest)
Postal code: GR-680 06
Car designation: OP

Lagos (Greek: Λαγός) also with the second a accented is a village in the northeastern part of the Evros Prefecture in Greece located south of Orestiada, west of Turkey and Uzun Koprü, north of Didymoteicho and NNE of Alexandroupoli. Lagos is also in the municipality of Didymoteicho. Its 2001 population was 1,403 for the settlement. A stream is around the area. Next to Lagos features a military units in which they are stationed in Orestiada and Didymoteicho.

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[edit] Nearest places

  • Issakio, northeast
  • Didymoteicho, southeast
  • Karyoti, west-southwest

[edit] Population

Year Village population Change Percent of the municipal district Percent of the municipality
1981 - - - - /km²
1991 - - - - /km² -->
2001 1,403 - 59.15% 7.17%

[edit] History

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

[edit] Other

Lagos has a school, church, banks, a post office, and a square (plateia), its nearest lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) is in Ellinochori.

[edit] See also

Municipal districts of the municipality of Didymoteicho
Asvestades | Asimenio, Evros | Didymoteicho (Neoi Psathades | Zoodochos Pigi) | Ellinochori (Thyrea | Lagos) | Isaakio | Karoti | Koufovouno | Kyani | Mani (Evgeniko | Sitaria) | Petrades | Poimeniko or Pimeniko | Prangio | Pythio (Rigi | Stathmos Pythio) | Sitochori | Sofiko
Greece | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | Thrace | Evros Prefecture | Didymoteicho | Didymoteicho