Administrative Region : East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit : Evros
Mesimvria (Μεσημβρία) Evros
Mesimvria is a lowland village of Thrace in the Evros regional unit at an altitude of 60 meters[2].
Geographical - historical data
Mesimvria is located towards the borders with the Rhodope Regional Unit and the coast of the Thracian Sea.[3] It is 21 km. W. of Alexandroupolis and 48 km. SE. of Komotini. Southwest of the village and next to the sea is the archaeological site of Mesimvria - Zoni where an ancient colony of Samothrace has been identified, founded in the late 7th century BC. This city was initially thought to be Mesimvria, while subsequently Zoni, flourished in the 5th and 4th BC centuries. In the Macedonian and later Roman periods it began to decline although its habitation continued until the 6th century[4].
Administrative - population data
It is officially mentioned as a settlement, after the liberation, in 1924 in the Government Gazette 194A-14/08/1924, to be annexed to the then community of Makri.[5] According to the Kallikratis Plan, administratively, it falls under the local community of Makri, which belongs to the municipal unit of Alexandroupolis of the Municipality of Alexandroupolis and according to the 2011 census has a population of 145 residents[6].
The population censuses after World War II are:
Year Population
1951 148[7]
1961 140[8]
1971 174[9]
1981 139[10]
1991 157[11]
2001 149[12]
2011 145
External links
Tower of Mesimvria from the website Kastrologos
References
GEOnet Names Server. June 11, 2018. -823757.
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 44, vol. 22.
"Mesimvria". mythotopia.eu. Institute of Speech Processing. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
"Ministry of Culture and Sports | Ancient Zone". odysseus.culture.gr. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
"Administrative Changes of Settlements". EETAA. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
"Official Gazette of the results of the 2011 PERMANENT population census", p. 10486 (p. 13 of the pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of March 7, 1951, p. 53 of the pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
Population of Greece according to the census of March 19, 1961, p. 58 of the pdf.
Population of Greece according to the census of March 14, 1971, p. 58 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of April 5, 1981, p. 69 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of March 17, 1991, p. 73 of the pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 75 of the pdf
| Community Makri |
|---|
| Dikella (Δίκελλα, τα) |
| Ennato (Έννατο, το) |
| Koimisi Theotokou (Κοίμηση Θεοτόκου, η) |
| Makri (Μάκρη, η) |
| Mesimvria (Μεσημβρία, η) |
| Panorama (Πανόραμα, το) |
| Paralia Dikellon (Παραλία Δικελλών, η) |
| Plaka (Πλάκα, η) |
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