Spilaio, Evros

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Spilaio or Spileo
Σπήλαιο
Statistics
Country: Greece
Prefecture: Evros
Province: Orestiada
Municipality: Trigono
Municipal district: Spilaio
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
41.6451° (41°38'42") N
26.3088° ( 26°18'32") E
Population: (2001)
-Village (change)
-Percent of the municipality
443 (-147 or -24.92% from 1991)
6.66%
Altitude: 
-lowest:
 -centre:		 Evros
57 m
about 800 m (northwest)
Postal code: GR-680 06
Car designation: EB

Spilaio or Spileo (Greek, Modern: Σπήλαιο, Katharevoussa: Σπήλαιον meaning cave), older forms: -on also with the i or an e accented is a village in the northwestern part of the Evros Prefecture in Greece located west of Turkey and Edirne, southeast of Ormenio and Svilengrad, Bulgaria, north of Alexandroupoli and east of Kurdzhali, Bulgaria, Athens, the Greek capital is nearly 1,100 km northeast. Plati is linked with the road connecting GR-51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio) and a road to Pentalofos and Komara. Dikea is the seat of the municipality of Trigono. Its 2001 population was 443 for the village. Much of the area are flat, the remainder of the area are hilly.

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[edit] Nearest places

[edit] Population

Year Village population Change Percent of the municipality
1981 603 - -
1991 590 -13 or -2.2% -
2001 443 -147 or -24.92% 6.66%

[edit] History

The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks, its name was known as (Ispitli, Bulgarian: Испитли). The village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule in 1913 during the Balkan Wars, Bulgarians moved northward into the remainder of Bulgaria which is now north, the remainder of the Turks were pushed to the western portion of today's Turkey. During the Greco Turkish War (1919-1922), refugees east of the Evros river and from Asia Minor arrived into the village. It became entirely Spilaio immediately after the annexation. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. 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. The village's population lost by over half between 1981 and 2001.

[edit] Other

Spilaio has a school, a , church, banks, a post office, and a square (plateia). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), a lyceum (secondary school). Spilaio offers a panoramic views of the mountains to the west and mountains in Bulgaria to the northwest.

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Municipal districts of the municipality of Trigono
Arzos (Kanada | Dikaia (Dilofos | Krios | Palli) | Elaia | Komara | Marasia | Milia | Ormenio | Pentalofos | Plati | Ptelea | Spilaio | Therapeio
Greece | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | Thrace | Evros Prefecture | Alexandroupoli