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'''Ormenio''' ({{lang-el|Ορμένιο}}) is the northernmost place in all of ]. It is part of the municipal unit of ] in the ] of ]. It is situated near the right bank of the river ], which forms the border with ] here. On the other side of the Evros, 6 km to the north, lies the Bulgarian town ]. Nearby villages in Greece are ] to its southeast and ] to its southwest. Ormenio is bypassed by the ]/] (Feres - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio), which continues across the border as the Bulgarian road 80 to Svilengrad. Ormenio had a railway station on the line from Didymoteicho to ] in Bulgaria. During the ] era, Ormenio was called ''Çirmen'' in Turkish.<ref name=liak>http://www.thesis.bilkent.edu.tr/0002131.pdf Georgios Liakopoulos' Master of Science Thesis in Bilkent University</ref> After the Balkan Wars it was ceded to Bulgaria as ''Chernomen''. |
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'''Ormenio''' ({{lang-el|Ορμένιο}}) is the northernmost place in all of ]. It is part of the municipal unit of ] in the ] of ]. It is situated near the right bank of the river ], which forms the border with ] here. On the other side of the Evros, 6 km to the north, lies the Bulgarian town ]. Nearby villages in Greece are ] to its southeast and ] to its southwest. Ormenio is bypassed by the ]/] (Feres - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio), which continues across the border as the Bulgarian road 80 to Svilengrad. Ormenio had a railway station on the line from Didymoteicho to ] in Bulgaria. During the ] era, Ormenio was called ''Çirmen'' in Turkish.<ref name=liak>http://www.thesis.bilkent.edu.tr/0002131.pdf Georgios Liakopoulos' Master of Science Thesis in Bilkent University</ref> After the Balkan Wars it was ceded to Bulgaria as ''Chernomen''. |
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In 1371 Ormenio was the site of the ] in which the ] army under ] and ] was decisively defeated by the ]. It was known as "Çirmen" during Ottoman rule and was a ] until 1829.<ref name=liak/> In 1878 it was inhabited by 870 Bulgarians and 120 Muslims.<ref>Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр. 34-35.</ref> After the ], the village was annexed to Bulgaria as "Chernomen" until 1919, when the village was ceded to Greece in the ]. In 1997 under the ], the community of Ormenio became part of the new municipality of Trigono with 12 other former communities. At the 2011 Kallikratis reform Trigono became a municipal unit of the municipality ]. |
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The community is served by ], the most northernly railway station in Greece and the terminal for (the Greek portion) the ]. There is currently no rail connection to ] via Ormenio. |
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In 1371 Ormenio was the site of the ] in which the ] army under ] and ] was decisively defeated by the ]. It was known as "Çirmen" during Ottoman rule and was a ] until 1829.<ref name=liak/> In 1878 it was inhabited by 870 Bulgarians and 120 Muslims.<ref>Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр. 34-35.</ref> After the ], the village was annexed to Bulgaria as "Chernomen" until 1919, when the village was ceded to Greece in the ]. In 1997 under the ], the community of Ormenio became part of the new municipality of Trigono with 12 other former communities. At the 2011 Kallikratis reform Trigono became a municipal unit of the municipality ]. |
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