Nea Vyssa
Nea Vyssa is a village in the northeastern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Vyssa until 2011. It is situated near the border with Turkey and the river Evros, about halfway between Orestiada and Edirne in Turkey.- Type: Town with 2,840 residents
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Akhirokhórion”, “Néa Vísa”, and “Néa Víssi”
- Postal code: 68001
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nea Vyssa railway station.
Nea Vyssa railway station
Railway station
Nea Vyssa railway station is a small unstaffed railway station that serves the village of Nea Vyssa, Evros, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located just north of the settlement, Today Hellenic Train operates just two daily regional trains to Alexandroupoli.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kavyli and Bosna.
Kavyli
Village
Kavyli is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Vyssa, which is part of the municipality Orestiada since 2011. Kavyli is situated 3½ km southwest of Nea Vyssa.
Bosna
Village
Bosna is a village in the Edirne District of Edirne Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 71 in 2022. Together with a quarter of Karaağaç, it is one of the two Turkish settlements in East Thrace situated on the right bank of the river Meriç, therefore within Western Thrace. Bosna is situated 5 km northeast of Nea Vyssa.
Sterna
Village
Sterna is a settlement in the Evros regional unit of Greece. It is located around 9 kilometers west of Nea Vyssa and northwest of Orestiada, on low hills between the rivers Evros and Arda. Sterna is situated 7 km west of Nea Vyssa.
Nea Vyssa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Orestiada, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.58429° or 41° 35′ 4″ northLongitude
26.54242° or 26° 32′ 33″ eastPopulation
2,840Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
8GH8HGMR+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 299263609OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
734978Wikidata ID
Q1014288
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Nea Vyssa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ني فيسا، إفروس”
- Arabic: “نيا فيسا”
- Asturian: “Nea Vyssa”
- Cebuano: “Néa Výssa”
- Dutch: “Nea Vyssa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيا فيسا”
- Finnish: “Néa Výssa”
- French: “Nea Vyssa”
- French: “Néa Výssa”
- German: “Nea Vissa”
- German: “Nea Vyssa”
- Greek: “Néa Výssa”
- Greek: “Αχυροχώρι”
- Greek: “Νέα Βύσσα Έβρου”
- Greek: “Νέα Βύσσα”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Néa Výssa”
- Russian: “Ахирοхοри”
- Russian: “Неа Висса”
- Swedish: “Néa Výssa”
- Turkish: “Nea Vyssa”
- “Achyrochóri”
- “Ahyrohori”
- “Néa Víssa”
- “Néa Výssa”
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