Ellinochori, Evros
Ellinochori (Greek: Ελληνοχώρι meaning Greek town; Bulgarian: Булгаркьой, Bulgarkyoy, "Bulgarian village" in Turkish) is a village in the northeastern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Ellinochori is part of the municipality of Didymoteicho. It is situated on the left bank of the river Erythropotamos, northwest of the centre of Didymoteicho. In 2001 its population was 756 for the village and 2,372 for the municipal district, including the villages Lagos and Thyrea.
Population
| 1981 |
1,435 |
- |
| 1991 |
854 |
- |
| 2001 |
756 |
2,372 |
History
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks and named after its mostly Bulgarian population: Булгаркьой or Балъ Булгаркьой Bulgarkoj or Bali-Bulgarkoj, Turkish: Balı-Bulgarköy. The Greeks arrived in the 19th century. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.
People
- Michalos Garoudis (b. 1940)
- Panagiotis Goutzimisis (b. 1941)
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