Topeiros
Topeiros
Τόπειρος | |
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  Topeiros Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′N 24°48′E / 40.983°N 24.800°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Xanthi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Thomas Michoglou[1] (since 2014) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 312.5 km2 (120.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 9,473 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AH |
Topeiros (Greek: Τόπειρος) is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit, Greece. The municipality has an area of 312.493 km2[3] and a population 9,473 (2021). The seat of the municipality is in Evlalo.[4]
History
Topeiros was an ancient Thracian settlement, which in the imperial times evolved into a great urban center survived until the Byzantine period. The city is identified with the late Roman and Byzantine ruins saved a little south of the modern village of Paradeisos, where there is a passage of the river Nestos. The city functioned as tribal, administrative and religious center of the Thracian tribe of Sapaioi.
Thanks to its strategic position, in early 2nd AD century it was rebuilt – according to the Greek type of city-states – by emperor Trajan under his provincial policy intended to urbanization of Thrace. It was then known as Ulpia Topirus in Latin. Within the limits of its territory that stretched on both banks of the river Nestos were a dense network of rural settlements and castles, as well several Roman stations of Via Egnatia.[5]
Gallery
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The seat of the municipality in Evlalo -
The Nestos river -
Railway tunnel by the Nestos river -
Delta of the Nestos river -
References
- ^ Municipality of Topiros, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Western Thrace during the Roman Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 2005, p. 79-91
Administrative division of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region | ||
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| Regional unit of Drama |  | |
| Regional unit of Evros | ||
| Regional unit of Kavala | ||
| Regional unit of Rhodope | ||
| Regional unit of Thasos | ||
| Regional unit of Xanthi | ||
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