Peplos, Evros
Peplos
Πέπλος | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Postal code | 680 13 |
| Vehicle registration | EB |
Peplos (
Alexandroupoli.[2]
The town's population is around 1,000 people.
History
The
Treaty of Neuilly
in 1920.
Balkan Wars
Before the
Adrianople Vilayet. In 1912 the Balkan League including Bulgaria and Greece went to war with the Ottomans, and Bulgaria invaded Ottoman Western Thrace.[3] A battle between Bulgarian and Ottoman forces occurred at Peplos in November 1912, known as the Battle of Merhamli. This battle was a decisive victory for the Bulgarians, who would go on to win the war along with the rest of the Balkan League. The next year Bulgaria went to war against the rest of the Balkan League (and Romania and the Ottomans) in the Second Balkan War. Following the two Balkan Wars Peplos was in Bulgarian hands until the First World War. The settlements was created with the migration of Arvanites from Turkey in 1923. They largely originate from the inhabitants of the villages of Qytezë and Sultanköy. [4]
Transport
Peplos is linked with the
Alexandroupoli - Kavala - Thessaloniki - Kozani - Igoumenitsa) and the GR-51 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio
)
The town is served by
Alexandroupoli
.
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ M. Türker Acaroğlu, Bulgaristan Türkleri Üzerine Araştırmalar, Cilt 1, Kültür Bakanlığı, 1999, p. 198. (in Turkish)
- ^ Kotsoglou, Despina (2018). «Τα δημογραφικά και κοινωνικά χαρακτηριστικά των Αρβανιτών της Θράκης. Democritus University of Thrace. p. 38.
Οι οικισμοί του νότιου Έβρου: το Τυχερό, το Τάρσιο, ο Πυρόλιθος, οι Φέρες, ο Πέπλος, οι Κήποι, το Αρδάνιο και τα Άνθεια, δημιουργήθηκαν με την μετανάστευση των Αρβανιτών από την Ανατολική Θράκη το 1923. Προήλθαν κυρίως από τους κατοίκους των χωριών Ιμπρίκ Τεπέ και Σουλτάνκιοϊ (βλ. Χάρτη 8).
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