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For other uses, see Spilaio (disambiguation). Settlement in Greece
Spilaio Σπήλαιο
Settlement
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
MunicipalityTrigono
Population
 • Rural442
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Spilaio (Greek, Modern: Σπήλαιο, Katharevoussa: Σπήλαιον meaning cave), older forms: -on is a village in the northwestern part of the Evros Prefecture in Greece located west of Turkey and Edirne, southeast of Ormenio and Svilengrad, Bulgaria, north of Alexandroupoli and east of Kurdzhali, Bulgaria, Athens, the Greek capital is nearly 1,100 km northeast. Plati is linked with the road connecting GR-51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio) and a road to Pentalofos and Komara. Dikea is the seat of the municipality of Trigono. Its 2001 population was 443 for the village. Much of the area are flat, the remainder of the area are hilly.

Nearest places

Population

Year Village population Change Percent of the municipality
1981 603 - -
1991 590 -13 or -2.2% -
2001 443 -147 or -24.92% 6.66%

History

The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks, its name was known as (Ispitli, Bulgarian: Испитли). The village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule in 1913 during the Balkan Wars, Bulgarians moved northward into the remainder of Bulgaria which is now north, the remainder of the Turks were pushed to the western portion of today's Turkey. During the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), refugees east of the Evros river and from Asia Minor arrived into the village. It became entirely Spilaio immediately after the annexation. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity 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 population lost by over half between 1981 and 2001.

Other

Spilaio has a school, a , church, banks, a post office, and a square (plateia). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), a lyceum (secondary school). Spilaio offers a panoramic views of the mountains to the west and mountains in Bulgaria to the northwest.

See also

External links

References

  1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
Subdivisions of the municipality of Orestiada
Municipal unit of Kyprinos
Municipal unit of Orestiada
Municipal unit of Trigono
Municipal unit of Vyssa
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