Pythion
Pythion is a small border village in Western Thrace, Greece, a few kilometers north of the city of Alexandroupolis and the Kipi - Ipsala border crossing between Greece and Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George Vougiouklis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 556 residents
- Description: village in Evros, Greece
- Also known as: “Píthion” and “Pythio”
- Postal code: 68009
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pythio and Pythio Castle.
Pythio
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pythion railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Pythion in Evros in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It is at the junction where the railway to Ormenio and Bulgaria branches off the main line from Thessaloniki to Istanbul through Alexandroupolis and Uzunköprü.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rigio and Sığırcılı.
Rigio
Village
Rigio is a village in the eastern part of Didymoteicho municipality, Evros regional unit, Greece. It is 13 km east of the centre of Didymoteicho, on the right bank of the river Evros, where it forms the border with Turkey.
Sığırcılı
Village
Sığırcılı is a village in the Uzunköprü District of Edirne Province in Turkey. Its population is 205. Sığırcılı is situated 3½ km northeast of Pythion.
Petrades
Village
Petrades is a village near the easternmost point of mainland Greece. Since 1997, it is part of the municipality of Didymoteicho. It is located south of the community of Pythio. Turkey is to the south and to the east. Petrades is situated 4 km south of Pythion.
Pythion
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Didymoteicho, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.3816° or 41° 22′ 54″ northLongitude
26.6112° or 26° 36′ 40″ eastPopulation
556Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
8GH89JJ6+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 301088150OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
734606Wikidata ID
Q995193
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Pythion” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Кулели Бургас”
- Bulgarian: “Кулелибургас”
- Bulgarian: “Питио”
- Bulgarian: “Питион”
- Dutch: “Pythio”
- Dutch: “Pythion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيثيو”
- French: “Pythio”
- French: “Pýthio”
- French: “Pýthion”
- German: “Pythio”
- German: “Pythion”
- Greek: “Pýthio”
- Greek: “Pýthion”
- Greek: “Πύθιο Έβρου”
- Greek: “Πύθιο”
- Greek: “Πύθιον”
- Irish: “Pythio”
- Japanese: “ピティオン”
- Macedonian: “Кулели Бургас”
- Romanian: “Pythio”
- Romanian: “Pythion”
- Russian: “Питион (Эврос)”
- Russian: “Питион”
- Turkish: “Kuleliburgaz”
- Turkish: “Pythio”
- Turkish: “Pythion”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Pythion”. Photo: George Vougiouklis, CC BY-SA 4.0.