Pythio

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Local community Pythio
Τοπική Κοινότητα Πυθίου (Πύθιο)
Pythio (Greece)
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Basic data
Country GreeceGreece Greece
region East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional district Evros
local community Didymoticho
Parish Didymoticho
Borough Didymoticho
status Local community
Geographic coordinates 41 ° 23 '  N , 26 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 23 '  N , 26 ° 37'  E
Height above d. M. 55  m
surface 25.563 km²
Residents 541 (2011)
Population density 21.16 inhabitants / km²
LAU-1 code no. 03020113
Local division 3

Pythio ( Greek Πύθιο [ ˈpiθjɔ ] ( n. Sg. ), Bulgarian Кулели Бургас , Turkish Kuleliburgaz ) is the easternmost place on the Greek mainland. Together with the smaller settlements Rigio and Stathmos , the village forms the local community Pythio ( Topiki Kinotita Pythou Τοπική Κοινότητα Πυθίου) in the municipality of Didymoticho of the municipality of Didymoticho in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace .

location

The local community Pythio (Τοπική Κοινότητα Πυθίου) is located in the far east of mainland Greece where the Evros forms the natural Greek-Turkish border . Neighboring local communities are Sofiko in the north, Asimeni and Prangi in the west and Petrades in the south. The village itself lies on the high bank on the west bank of a tributary of the Evros.

history

The Byzantine castle ruins in Pythion

In the Middle Ages, Pithion was the center of the lands of the powerful regent and later Byzantine emperor John VI. Kantakuzenos . Around 1320 he had a castle built, the ruin is on the northeastern edge of the village.

railway station

Pythio station entrance building
On the right the Istanbul – Pythio day train, on the left a Greek freight train

Pythio was opened in 1872 during the construction of the İstanbul Sirkeci – Swilengrad railway line by the Orientbahn . After the annexation of Western Thrace to Greece in the wake of World War I , the route was north of Pythio Greek and as an extension of the coastal here they route Svilengrad ( Bulgaria ) - Alexandroupoli (- Thessaloniki powered). The station also became the Greek border station for the only railway line between Greece and Turkey. After crossing the Evros, it reaches the Turkish border station Uzunköprü after a few kilometers .

Border bridge between Greece and Turkey

The border crossing used in scheduled passenger traffic until February 13, 2011 two daily pairs of trains: The Dostluk / Filia Express , a night train on the connection Thessaloniki- Istanbul -Thessaloniki, the sleeping car led, and the day train Istanbul-Pythion-Istanbul, the only one Car existed. Since then, all cross-border rail traffic has been suspended here for economic reasons.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 106 (PDF, 793 kB)
  2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
  3. ↑ Πύθιον, Ministry of Culture and Sport (Greek)
  4. ↑ timetable for connections to Europe of TCDD , accessed on April 15, 2007