Eleftheroupoli
Eleftheroupoli (Greek: Ελευθερούπολη, katharevousa: Ελευθερούπολις - Eleftheroupolis, until 1929 Πράβι - Pravi,[2] Bulgarian: Правище; Turkish: Pravişte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.[3] The municipal unit has an area of 126.974 km2.[4] At the 2011 census, the municipal unit's population was 9,492, the town's population was 4,360.[1]
Eleftheroupoli Ελευθερούπολη | |
|---|---|
  Eleftheroupoli Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′N 24°15′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Kavala |
| Municipality | Pangaio |
| • Municipal unit | 127.0 km2 (49.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 9,492 |
| • Municipal unit density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Community | |
| • Population | 5,555 (2011) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΒ |
According to the statistics of the Bulgarian geographer Vasil Kanchov, the town had a total population of 1.605 residents in 1900, consisting of 1.330 Orthodox Greeks and 275 Turks.[5]
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- "Πανδέκτης: Pravi -- Eleftheroupolis". Retrieved 2016-11-30. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
- Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
- "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
- Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, p. 182. Written as "Правища". (in Bulgarian)
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