Petrota
Petrota is a village at the northernmost point of Greece, part of the municipal unit Trigono. It was created around 1530 by Greeks that moved there from Epirus and Malta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 312 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Postal code: 68007
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mezek and Pentalofos.
Mezek
Village
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Mezek is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province. It lies at the foot of the eastern Rhodope Mountains, just north of the Bulgaria–Greece border and not far west of the Bulgaria–Turkey border. Mezek is situated 6 km northwest of Petrota.
Pentalofos
Village
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Pentalofos is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Pentalofos is in the municipal unit of Trigono. It is close to the border with Bulgaria. The nearest larger village is Ormenio to its north. Pentalofos is situated 7 km southeast of Petrota.
Ormenio
Village
Ormenio is the northernmost place in all of Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Trigono in the Evros regional unit of Thrace. It is situated near the right bank of the river Evros, which forms the border with Bulgaria here. Ormenio is situated 7 km northeast of Petrota.
Petrota
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Orestiada, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.69443° or 41° 41′ 40″ northLongitude
26.1362° or 26° 8′ 10″ eastPopulation
312Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)Open location code
8GH8M4VP+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1806255226OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
734667Wikidata ID
Q3623495
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