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'''Zoni''' (Greek: Ζώνη, Turkish: Çavuşkoy) is a village in the northwestern part of the ] in Greece located west of ] and ], southeast of ] and ], Bulgaria, north of ] and east of ], Bulgaria, ], the Greek capital is nearly {{convert|1100|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast. Zoni is in the municipal unit of ]. Zoni is linked with the road connecting ]/] (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio) near Ormenio and ]. ] is bordered a few kilometres to the west. Its 2001 population was 238 for the village and 811 for the municipal district. The eastern portion are flat, the remainder of the area are hilly. |
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'''Zoni''' (Greek: Ζώνη, Turkish: ''Çavuşkoy'') is a village in the northern part of the ] in ]. Zoni is in the municipal unit of ]. Its 2001 population was 238 for the village and 811 for the municipal district, including the villages Chelidona and Mikra Doxipara. It is located close to the border with ], south of Kyprinos village, and east of ], Bulgaria. Zoni is on the ] (Alexandroupoli - Aisymi - Mikro Dereio - Kyprinos - Ormenio). |
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==History== |
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The village was founded by the ] Turks. Its inhabitants were 3/4 Bulgarian and 1/4 Turkish before the village was annexed by Greece from Bulgaria in 1920 and before the aftermath of the ]. Greek refugees east of the Evros river and from ] arrived into the village. Its Turkish originated name changed its name to its current Greek form Zoni afterwards. 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 lost three fourths of its population between 1981 and 1991 and two thirds between 1991 and 2001 totaling to four fifths between 1981 and 2001; its inhabitants left for the larger cities and outside Greece. |
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The village was founded by the ] Turks. Its inhabitants were 3/4 Bulgarian and 1/4 Turkish before the village was annexed by Greece from Bulgaria in 1920 and before the aftermath of the ], when Greek refugees from ] and ] settled into the village. Its Turkish name was changed to the current Zoni. |
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Zoni has a nearby school, church, banks, a post office, and a square ('']''). Its nearest lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Kyprinos. |
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