Nea Vyssa

Municipality of Nea Vyssa Δημοτική Κοινότητα Νέας Βύσσης (Νέα Βύσσα)
Basic data
Country	Greece
region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional district	Evros
local community	Orestiada
Parish	Vyssa
status	Borough
Geographic coordinates	41 ° 35 '  N , 26 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 35 '  N , 26 ° 33'  E
Height above d. M.	35  m (average)
surface	47.450 km²
Residents	2805 (2011)
LAU-1 code no.	03030201
Local division	1

Nea Vyssa ( Greek Νέα Βύσσα , nɛaˈvisa ( f. Sg. )) Is a small town in the municipality of Orestiada in the Greek region of East Macedonia and Thrace . It forms the municipality of the same name ( Dimotiki Kinotita Neas Vyssis Δημοτική Κοινότητα Νέας Βύσσης) in the municipality of Vyssa with 2805 inhabitants (2011).

location

Nea Vyssa is located on the Turkish- Greek border about ten kilometers south of the Turkish city of Edirne . Neighboring local communities are Kastanies in the north, Sterna and Kavyli in the west and the municipality of Orestiada in the south.

traffic

railroad

Nea Vyssa train station is located on the historic İstanbul Sirkeci – Svilengrad railway line . Since 1971 there has been a parallel railway line that runs exclusively over Turkish territory and through which international traffic flows between Europe and Turkey. The Nea Vyssa train station is only affected by regional traffic today.

Illegal immigration

The 12.5 kilometer long border section between Nea Vyssa and Kastanies is one of the preferred aisles for illegal immigration to Europe , as it is the only place between Greece and Turkey where the Evros does not form the border with Turkey, but entirely on Turkish Area runs. Refugees do not have to swim across the river here, but can use a bridge. Since November 2010, 175 members of the emergency response teams for border security purposes have been stationed here to guard the border. According to the Greek Ministry of Citizens' Protection, a more than three meter high fence, equipped with thermal imaging cameras and motion detectors , is to be built on the section by April 2011 . In 2011, the construction of a moat began to curb the flow of refugees. In December 2012, the border fence at Evros was completed. The Greek state raised the funds for this itself. Since the fence was completed, the rate of illegal border crossings in the Evros area has fallen to almost 0%.

people

The family of mathematician Constantin Carathéodory comes from the village .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 106 (PDF, 793 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
3. ↑ Jürgen Gottschlich: Europe's largest hole. In: the daily newspaper . December 10, 2010, accessed December 10, 2010 . 
4. ^ ORF: Athens insists on a fence on the border with Turkey
5. ↑ Ann Löwin, "Digging at the Border," Jungle World, No. 33, August 18, 2011
6. ↑ Video A border fence on Evros is  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on February 3, 2014. (offline)