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| Settlement | |
  StavroupoliLocation within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′N 24°42′E / 41.200°N 24.700°E / 41.200; 24.700 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Xanthi |
| Municipality | Xanthi |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 342.0 km (132.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipal unit | 1,635 |
| • Municipal unit density | 4.8/km (12/sq mi) |
| • Community | 420 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AH |
Stavroupoli (Template:Lang-el) is a village and a former municipality in the Xanthi regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xanthi, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 342.002 km. Population 1,635 (2021). Stavroupoli and Nestos Valley (Greek: Κοιλάδα του Νέστου) including Nestos River Tempi (Greek: Τέμπη του Νέστου) is a popular tour region and vacation target in North Greece.
The municipal unit Stavroupoli is subdivided into the communities Dafnonas, Gerakas, Karyofyto, Komnina, Neochori, Paschalia and Stavroupoli. The community Stavroupoli consists of the settlements Stavroupoli, Lykodromi, Kallithea and Margariti.
History
During the Bulgarian administration of the region in World War II from 1941 to 1944, the village was infamous as the location of the Krastopole or Enikyoy concentration camp where Bulgarian Communist Party and other left-wing enemies of the ruling regime were interned.
Names
Under Ottoman rule, the Ottoman Turkish name of the village was يڭى كوى Yeni Köy (in Greek, Γενή Κιόι, in Bulgarian Еникьой Enikyoy) 'New Village'. The Bulgarian name was Template:Lang-bg.
Its name was Hellenized as Template:Lang-el in May, 1920, soon after it was ceded to Greece.
Notable people
- George Papassavas (1924) painter
- Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956) The first female president of Hellenic republic
References
- "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- "Концентрационни лагери". Българска енциклопедия А–Я (in Bulgarian). БАН, Труд, Сирма. 2002. ISBN 954-8104-08-3.
- Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları, Ankara 2017, T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü Yayın No: 26 s.v., p. 814
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research, "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece", s.v.
External links
| Subdivisions of the municipality of Xanthi | |
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| Municipal unit of Stavroupoli | |
| Municipal unit of Xanthi | |
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