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Dikaia Δίκαια
Community
Dikaia
Coordinates: 41°42′N 26°18′E / 41.700°N 26.300°E / 41.700; 26.300
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Orestiada
Municipal unit	Trigono
Population
• Community	557
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Dikaia (Greek: Δίκαια, [ˈðikea]) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Dikaia was the seat of the former municipality of Trigono, and is part of the municipality Orestiada since 2011. In 2021, its population was 557 for the community, which includes the villages Dilofos, Krios and Palli. It is located on the right bank of the river Evros, where it forms the border with Bulgaria. It is about 15 km southeast of Svilengrad, Bulgaria, and 25 km west of Edirne, Turkey.

Transport

Road

Dikaia is bypassed by the Greek National Road 51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio - Svilengrad).

Rail

The settlement is served by railway station on the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line with services to Alexandroupoli, Ormenio and Didymoteicho.

Population

The town is populated by Arvanites.

See also

• List of settlements in the Evros regional unit

References

1. "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.
2. "InterCity Network".
3. Kotsoglou, Despina (2018). «Τα δημογραφικά και κοινωνικά χαρακτηριστικά των Αρβανιτών της Θράκης. Democritus University of Thrace. p. 52.

• Populated places in Evros (regional unit)
• Orestiada
• Trigono
• Albanian communities of Western Thrace