- Mesimvria, Evros
Mesimvria (Greek: Μεσημβρία meaning
noon ) is a village in the northern part of the city ofAlexandroupoli , Greece, west of the metropolitan area and 20 km west of downtown. Its 2001 population was 149 for the settlement. Makri is also located east-southeast ofKomotini and southeast of Sapes.Nearest places
*Makri, east
*Dikella Beach , west
*Dikella , westPopulation
Geography
Its geography consists of farmlands within the coastline. Its length is 5 km long from north to south and 1 to 1.5 km in width from east to west. Forests are sporaidically founded including its coastline. The mountain ranges lies to the north and are a mixture of forests and barren land, the northern part are mainly underpopulated. The old and the new
Egnatia Odos (GR-2/E90 , Alexandroupoli -Thessaloniki -Kozani -Igoumenitsa ) is to the north with its nearby interchange 10 km north with a curvy road over its valley.History
Mesimvria was ruled by the
Ottoman Empire until theBalkan Wars of 1913, instead of Greece, it joinedBulgaria since it was invaded by them and administered until the Greco-Turkish War which finally ceded toGreece mainly without any battle. AfterWorld War II and theGreek Civil War , many of its buildings were rebuilt. Some of its residents moved to other parts of Greece andNorth America . The population dramatically lost between 1981 and 2001.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.
Mesimvria was battered by heavy rainfall on Monday
August 6 ,2007 and flooded the area and its village, its beaches were unsafe and muddy. Off theThracian Sea by the coasts of Makri by its campground and beach, a trailer floated as far as 1 km away from the seashore. Some properties were damaged and several roads were closed.Other
Mesimvria has a school, church, banks, a post office, and a square ("
plateia "), its nearest lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) is in Makri.ee also
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List of settlements in the Evros prefecture External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=10671 Mesimvria on GTP Travel Pages]
*Coordinates: coord|40|51|20|N|25|43|0|E|type:city(820)_region:GR|display=inline,title
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