Neo Sidirochori
Νέο Σιδηροχώρι
Neo Sidirochori is located in Greece
Neo Sidirochori
Neo Sidirochori
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°01′N 25°21′E / 41.017°N 25.350°E / 41.017; 25.350
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitRhodope
MunicipalityKomotini
  Municipal unit120.5 km2 (46.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Municipal unit
2,778
  Municipal unit density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Community
  Population1,327 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΟ

Neo Sidirochori (Greek: Νέο Σιδηροχώρι, Turkish: Cambaz, Bulgarian: Нов Самоков) is a village and a former municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Komotini, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 120.488 km2.[3] Population 2,778 (2011). The majority of the residents of the village descend from originally Pomak refugees who had to flee from the village of Samakovo in Eastern Thrace after the Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War

References

  1. 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  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.
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