Kavyli

Kavyli Καβύλη
Community
Kavyli
Coordinates: 41°34′N 26°31′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Orestiada
Municipal unit	Vyssa
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	523
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Kavyli (Greek: Καβύλη) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Vyssa, which is part of the municipality Orestiada since 2011. It is bypassed by the Greek National Road 51 (Feres - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio). It is 7 km north of the centre of Orestiada, and 4 km southwest of Nea Vyssa.

Population

Year	Population
1981	1,509
1991	1,337
2001	1,494
2011	758
2021	523

The town is populated by Arvanites.[2]

History

The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks, it was known as Emirler (Емирлер in Bulgarian). 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. Kavyli joined the municipality of Vyssa in the late 1990s.

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. Kotsoglou, Despina (2018). «Τα δημογραφικά και κοινωνικά χαρακτηριστικά των Αρβανιτών της Θράκης. Democritus University of Thrace. p. 52.