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For other uses, see Pentalofos. Settlement in Greece
Pentalofos Πεντάλοφος
Settlement
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitEvros
MunicipalityOrestiada
Municipal unitTrigono
Population
 • Rural665
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pentalofos (Template:Lang-el meaning the five hills) 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. Pentalofos is in the municipal unit of Trigono. Its 2001 population was 665. Pentalofos is located west of the Evros valley and divides the valley and mountains to the west, Bulgaria is bordered to the west. Pentalofos is one of the northernmost places in Greece.

Nearest places

Population

Year Population
1981 885
1991 931
2001 665

History

The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks, its name was known as (Beshtele, Turkish: Beştele). The village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule, 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 Pentalofos 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 nearly 1/3 between 1991 and 2001.

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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