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'''Kyriaki''' ({{lang-el|Κυριακή}}) is a village in the northcentral part of the ] in Greece, in the municipal unit of ]. 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 ]/] (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio) and ] 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. '''Kyriaki''' ({{lang-el|Κυριακή}}) is a village in the central part of the ] in Greece, in the municipal unit of ] of the municipality ]. With 163 inhabitants (2001 census) it is the least populated community in the municipality. Kyriaki is in a valley in the wooded Eastern ], 15 km southeast of the Bulgarian-Greek border. It is situated between the villages ] and ].

==Location==

It is in the Eastern ] mountains and is 15 km southeast by the Bulgarian-Greek border. Mega Dereio is located about 90 km southwest of ], 65 km west-southwest of ], west-northwest of the Evros River and the ] border, 70 km north of ], northeast of the Greek capital city of ] and east-southeast of the ]n border.

==Nearest place==

*], west
*], east


==Population== ==Population==
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==History== ==History==


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, it was known as Kayadjik(Turkish: ''Kayajik''). Its population was 310 Bulgarian families in 1830, 236 families (houses) in 1878, and 230 families in 1912. According to professor ], the 1912 population had around 200 Bulgarian families. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.


==Person== ==Person==


*] (Никола Атанасов Спиров, 1908-?), Bulgarian leader of the ] (1944–1961) *] (1908-?), Bulgarian leader of the ] (1944–1961)


==See also== ==See also==

Revision as of 10:53, 8 December 2011

Settlement in Greece
Kyriaki Κυριακή
Settlement
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitEvros
MunicipalitySoufli
Municipal unitOrfeas
Population
 • Rural158
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kyriaki (Template:Lang-el) is a village in the central part of the Evros regional unit in Greece, in the municipal unit of Orfeas of the municipality Soufli. With 163 inhabitants (2001 census) it is the least populated community in the municipality. Kyriaki is in a valley in the wooded Eastern Rhodope Mountains, 15 km southeast of the Bulgarian-Greek border. It is situated between the villages Mikro Dereio and Protokklisi.

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, it was known as Kayadjik(Turkish: Kayajik). Its population was 310 Bulgarian families in 1830, 236 families (houses) in 1878, and 230 families in 1912. According to professor Lyubomir Miletich, the 1912 population had around 200 Bulgarian families. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.

Person

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 Soufli
Municipal unit of Orfeas
Municipal unit of Soufli
Municipal unit of Tychero
  • Fylakto
  • Lefkimmi
  • Lyra
  • Provatonas
  • Tychero
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