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| The village was founded by the ] Turks in the 14th century, its name was known as Kayadjik(Turkish: ''Kayajik''). Its 1830 population was 310 Bulgarian families, 236 families (houses) in 1878, 230 families in 1912, of which 150 were Bulgarian exarchists, revoltions <!--revolutionaries?--> occurred during the pre-Bulgarian rule. According to professor ], the 1912 population had around 200 Bulgarian families. On August 8, 1913, the village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule, 150 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 ], refugees east of the Evros river and from Asia Minor arrived into the village. It became entirely Mikro Dereio after the annexation. After ] and the ], 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 lost three fourths of its population between 1981 and 1991 and two thirds between 1991 and 2001 totaling to nearly half between 1981 and 2001, its inhabitants left for the larger cities and outside Greece. | The village was founded by the ] Turks in the 14th century, its name was known as Kayadjik(Каяджик, Turkish: ''Kayajik''). Its 1830 population was 310 Bulgarian families, 236 families (houses) in 1878, 230 families in 1912, of which 150 were Bulgarian exarchists, revoltions <!--revolutionaries?--> occurred during the pre-Bulgarian rule. According to professor ], the 1912 population had around 200 Bulgarian families. On August 8, 1913, the village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule, 150 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 ], refugees east of the Evros river and from Asia Minor arrived into the village. It became entirely Mikro Dereio after the annexation. After ] and the ], 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 lost three fourths of its population between 1981 and 1991 and two thirds between 1991 and 2001 totaling to nearly half between 1981 and 2001, its inhabitants left for the larger cities and outside Greece. | ||
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Revision as of 01:51, 4 September 2011
Settlement in Greece| Kyriaki Κυριακή | |
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| Settlement | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Evros |
| Municipality | Soufli |
| Municipal unit | Orfeas |
| Population | |
| • Rural | 158 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kyriaki (Template:Lang-el) is a village in the northcentral part of the Evros Prefecture in Greece, in the municipal unit of Orfeas. It is the least populated district in the municipal unit. The location is in the westcentral portion of the prefectural mainland. Kyriaki is linked with the road connecting GR-51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio) and Mega Dereio with no road connecting Bulgaria or any trails, the trails are fenced. Its 2001 population was 162 for the settlement. The area are hilly and forested while the mountains dominate the west, most of the area are forested, farmlands are within the village.
Location
It is in the Eastern Rhodope mountains and is 15 km southeast by the Bulgarian-Greek border. Mega Dereio is located about 90 km southwest of Orestiada, 65 km west-southwest of Didymoteicho, west-northwest of the Evros River and the Turkish border, 70 km north of Alexandroupoli, northeast of the Greek capital city of Athens and east-southeast of the Bulgarian border.
Nearest place
- Megalo Dereio, west
- Amorio, east
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1878 | 350 |
| 1912 | 230 |
| 1920 | 150 |
| 1981 | 258 |
| 1991 | 219 |
| 2001 | 163 |
History
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks in the 14th century, its name was known as Kayadjik(Каяджик, Turkish: Kayajik). Its 1830 population was 310 Bulgarian families, 236 families (houses) in 1878, 230 families in 1912, of which 150 were Bulgarian exarchists, revoltions occurred during the pre-Bulgarian rule. According to professor Lyubomir Miletich, the 1912 population had around 200 Bulgarian families. On August 8, 1913, the village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule, 150 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 Mikro Dereio after the annexation. 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 lost three fourths of its population between 1981 and 1991 and two thirds between 1991 and 2001 totaling to nearly half between 1981 and 2001, its inhabitants left for the larger cities and outside Greece.
Person
- Nikola Atanasov Spirov (Никола Атанасов Спиров, 1908-?), Bulgarian leader of the Thracian Organization (1944–1961)
See also
External links
References
- 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 Soufli | |
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| Municipal unit of Orfeas |
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| Municipal unit of Soufli | |
| Municipal unit of Tychero |
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