Filippoi
Filippoi, is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece built on the Via Egnatia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kavala, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 897 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Mesórrema”, “Philippi”, and “Séliani”
- Postal code: 64003
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dikili Tash.
Dikili Tash
Archaeological site
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dikili Tash is a prehistoric tell settlement rising 16 m above the Drama plain in Eastern Macedonia, c. 1.5 km east of ancient Philippi. It is about 4.5 hectares. Dikili Tash is situated 3 km southwest of Filippoi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zygos and Krinides.
Zygos
Village
Zygos is a village and a community, part of the municipality of Kavala in the Kavala regional unit, Greece. The community includes the village of Neos Zygos. Zygos is situated 4 km east of Filippoi.
Krinides
Town
Photo: Timeheritage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Krinides is a town in the Kavala regional unit in eastern Macedonia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality of Filippoi. The ruins of the ancient city Philippi are close to the town. Krinides is situated 4 km west of Filippoi.
Lydia
Village
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lydia is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Filippoi.
Filippoi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kavala, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.02495° or 41° 1′ 30″ northLongitude
24.33913° or 24° 20′ 21″ eastPopulation
897Elevation
180 metres (591 feet)Open location code
8GH628FQ+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 296901838OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
736250Wikidata ID
Q2006858
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Filippoi” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Филипи”
- Cebuano: “Fílippoi”
- Chinese: “菲利皮”
- Czech: “Filippoi”
- Dutch: “Filippoi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيليپوى”
- Finnish: “Fílippoi”
- French: “Fílippi”
- French: “Philippi”
- German: “Philippi”
- Greek: “Φίλιπποι - (Καβάλας)”
- Greek: “Φίλιπποι Καβάλας”
- Greek: “Φίλιπποι”
- Hungarian: “Filippoi”
- Irish: “Filippoi”
- Italian: “Filippoi”
- Japanese: “フィリッピ”
- Macedonian: “Селјани”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fílippi”
- Russian: “Филипи”
- Russian: “Филиппи ( Кавалас)”
- Scots: “Filippoi”
- Serbian: “Филипи (Грчка)”
- Serbian: “Филипи”
- Slovak: “Filippi”
- Swedish: “Fílippoi”
- Urdu: “فلپوئی”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Filippoi”. Photo: Vasiliki74, CC BY-SA 4.0.