Orestiada
Orestiada, is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest of the Evros regional unit of Thrace. It was founded in 1923 by Greek refugees from Edirne, after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.- Type: Locality with 39,400 residents
- Description: municipality of Evros, Greece
- Also known as: “Orestiada Municipality”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fylakio and Elaia.
Fylakio
Village
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Fylakio is a village in the Evros regional unit of northeast Greece. Fylakio is in the municipal unit of Kyprinos. In 2021 the population was 867 for the community, including the villages Ammovouno and Keramos.
Elaia
Village
Elaia is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. Elaia is in the municipal unit of Trigono. The village is located on the left bank of the river Arda. The nearest villages are Plati to its northeast and Fylakio to its south. Elaia is situated 4 km northwest of Orestiada.
Plati
Village
Plati is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Trigono. Plati is located on the left bank of the river Ardas, between the villages Elaia to the west and Arzos to the east. Plati is situated 4½ km north of Orestiada.
Orestiada
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location: Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Orestiada” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Орестиада”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Orestiada”
- Chinese: “奥雷斯蒂阿斯”
- French: “dème d’Orestiáda”
- French: “Dème d’Orestiáda”
- German: “Orestiada”
- Greek: “Δήμος Ορεστιάδας”
- Greek: “Ορεστιάδας”
- Ido: “Municipo Orestiada”
- Macedonian: “Кумчифтлии”
- Macedonian: “Орестијада”
- Polish: “Orestiada”
- Romanian: “Municipalitatea Orestiada”
- Russian: “Орестиас”
- Serbian: “Општина Орестијада”
- Swedish: “Dimos Orestiada”
- Turkish: “Orestiada Belediyesi”
- Ukrainian: “Орестіас (громада)”
- Ukrainian: “Орестіас”
- Vietnamese: “Orestiada”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Orestiada”
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