Vistonida
The area around Lake Vistonida in Western Thrace in Greece includes the site of Anastasiopolis or Peritheorion an ancient city on the Via Egnatia. This article covers roughly the area of the municipalities Abdera and Iasmos and the old municipality of Vistonida.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: municipal unit of Greece with 10,900 residents
- Description: subdivision of Avdira Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Vistonida Municipal Unit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion and Kütüklü Baba Tekke.
Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion
Archaeological site
Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anastasiopolis-Peritheorion is an archaeological site located in northern Greece, southeast of the village of Amaxades in the Rhodope regional unit in Western Thrace.
Kütüklü Baba Tekke
Monument
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kütüklü Baba Tekke is an Ottoman khanqah in the region of Western Thrace, in northern Greece. It dates back to around the fifteenth or sixteenth century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amaxades and Sounio.
Amaxades
Village
Amaxades is a village and a former community in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Iasmos, of which it is a municipal unit.
Sounio
Village
Sounio is a settlement in the Vistonida municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. According to the 2021 census, the population was 924 inhabitants.
Polysitos
Village
Polysitos is a settlement in the Vistonida municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of Greece. According to the 2021 census, the population was 347 inhabitants.
Vistonida
- Category: former municipality of Greece
- Location: Western Thrace, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.1039° or 41° 6′ 14″ northLongitude
25.0939° or 25° 5′ 38″ eastPopulation
10,900Open location code
8GH7433V+HHWikidata ID
Q431035
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Serbian—“Vistonida” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vistonida”
- Finnish: “Vistonída”
- French: “Vistonída”
- French: “Vistonís”
- German: “Vistonida”
- Greek: “Δήμος Βιστωνίδας”
- Greek: “δημοτική ενότητα Βιστωνίδας Ξάνθης”
- Greek: “Δημοτική Ενότητα Βιστωνίδος”
- Italian: “Vistonida”
- Japanese: “ヴィストニダ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vistonída”
- Romanian: “Vistonida”
- Serbian: “Вистонида”
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