Stavroupoli, Xanthi

Stavroupoli
Σταυρούπολη
Municipal unit
Stavroupoli is located in Greece
Stavroupoli
Stavroupoli
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°12′N 24°42′E / 41.200°N 24.700°E / 41.200; 24.700
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitXanthi
MunicipalityXanthi
Area
 • Municipal unit342.0 km2 (132.0 sq mi)
Elevation
132 m (433 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
1,635
 • Municipal unit density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Community
420
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationAH

Stavroupoli (Greek: Σταυρούπολη) 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.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 342.002 km2.[3] 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.[4]

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'.[5][6] The Bulgarian name was Bulgarian: Кръстополе, romanized: Krastopole, lit. 'cross field'.

Its name was Hellenized as Greek: Σταυρούπολις, romanized: Stavroupolis, lit. 'Cross city' in May, 1920, soon after it was ceded to Greece.[6]

Notable people

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. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ^ "Концентрационни лагери". Българска енциклопедия А–Я (in Bulgarian). БАН, Труд, Сирма. 2002. ISBN 954-8104-08-3.
  5. ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları, Ankara 2017, T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü Yayın No: 26 s.v., p. 814
  6. ^ a b Institute for Neohellenic Research, "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece", s.v.
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