Neo Cheimonio

Neo Cheimonio Νέο Χειμώνιο
Location
Neo Cheimonio
Coordinates	41°27′N 26°33′E / 41.45°N 26.55°E / 41.45; 26.55Coordinates: 41°27′N 26°33′E / 41.45°N 26.55°E / 41.45; 26.55
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit:	Evros
Municipality:	Orestiada
Municipal unit:	Orestiada
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	621
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto:	OP

Neo Cheimonio (Greek: Νέο Χειμώνιο) is a village in the municipality of Orestiada in the northern part of the Evros Prefecture in Greece and is just 6 km south of the centre. Neo Cheimonio is situated on the Greek National Road 51 (Alexandroupoli - Didymoteicho - Orestiada). The area is mainly made up of hills and mountains, farmlands dominate the area. The municipal boundaries with Kyprinos is to the west, Trigono to the north and Didymoteicho to the south.

Location

Neo Chimonio is located about 14 km north of Didymoteicho, about 21 km south of Edirne, 5 km west km west of the Evros and the Turkish, north-northeast of Alexandroupoli and about 990 km northeast of Athens.

Nearest place

• Orestiada, north
• Palaia Sagini, northeast
• Thourio, east

Population

Year	Population
1981	650
1991	606
2001	621

History

It was annexed to Greece in 1920, prior it was ruled by the Ottomans. It became entirely Neo Cheimonio after the annexation, refugees flowed into the village and the Turkish population was displaced eastward. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s. The village's decline in population was the be a few in the municipality to gain its population.

See also

• List of places in the Evros prefecture

External links

• Official Website
• Neo Chimonio on GTP Travel Pages

References