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Protokklisi Πρωτοκκλήσι
Community
Main street of Protokklisi
Protokklisi
Coordinates: 41°18′N 26°15′E / 41.300°N 26.250°E / 41.300; 26.250
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Soufli
Municipal unit	Orfeas
Population
• Community	776
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Protokklisi (Greek: Πρωτοκκλήσι meaning the first church, Bulgarian: Башклисе) is a village and a community in the central part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Protoklissi is in the municipal unit of Orfeas. In 2021 its population was 776 for the community, including the village Agriani. Protokklisi is located about 15 km northwest of Soufli, in the valley of a right tributary of the river Evros.

Population

History

The name of the village during the Ottoman rule was Bashklise (Başkilise in Turkish, Башклисе Bašklise in Bulgarian). In 1830, it had 100 Bulgarian families, in 1878 and 1912 the village had 105 Bulgarian families. According to professor Lyubomir Miletich, the 1912 population contained 100 Bulgarian families.

After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.

People

• Pano Angelov (Пано Ангелов, 1879–1903), Bulgarian revolutionary leader

See also

• List of settlements in the Evros regional unit

References

1. "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.
2. Разбойников, Анастас и Спас Разбойников, Населението на Южна Тракия с оглед на народностните отношения в 1830, 1878, 1912 и 1920 година, София 1999, с. 308
3. Любомиръ Милетич. Разорението на тракийскитe българи през 1913 година, Българска Академия на Науките, София, Държавна Печатница, 1918, с. 296.

• Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
• Soufli