Mikri Doxipara, Evros

Geographical - historical data

Mikri Doxipara is located in northern Evros, towards the border with the border line of Greece with Bulgaria and is 27.5 km. west of Orestiada. In a location, southwest of the village and between the villages of Zoni (SW) and Chelidona (S), there is a tumulus - a mound with a diameter of 60 meters and a height of 7.5 that was gradually constructed, at the beginning of the 2nd century. on a natural hill, so that the mound would be visible from afar and was located on the road that connected Adrianople with Philippopolis. In it, after cremation, four members of a wealthy landowner family were buried, along with their gifts, five carriages that transported them to the tomb area, their pack animals and five more horses[3]. Since 2011, the area has been declared an archaeological site under the name of the Tomb of Mikri Doxipara - Zoni[4].

Administrative - population data

It is officially mentioned as a settlement in 1924 in the Government Gazette 194A-14/08/1924, annexed to the then community of Zoni[5]. According to the "Kallikratis" Program, together with Zoni and Chelidona, it forms the local community of Zoni, which belongs to the municipal unit of Kyprinos in the municipality of Orestiada and, according to the 2011 census, has a population of 209 inhabitants[6].

The population censuses after World War II are:

Year Population
1951 340[7]
1961 409[8]
1971 380[9]
1981 389[10]
1991 353[11]
2001 278[12]
2011 209

External links

Mikri Doxipara-Zone Archived 2021-01-15 at the Wayback Machine. from the Odysseus website of the Ministry of Culture Archived 2008-02-14 at the Wayback Machine.

References

GEOnet Names Server. June 11, 2018. -823961.
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 156, vol. 22.
"Tomb of Mikri Doxipara-Zoni". www.mikridoxipara-zoni.gr. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
"PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Retrieved 19 April 2019.[dead link]
"Administrative Changes of Settlements". EETAA. Retrieved 19 April 2019.[dead link]
"Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population census 2011", p. 10489 (p. 15 of pdf)
Population of Greece according to the census of 7 March 1951, p. 55 of pdf. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14.
Population of Greece according to the census of 19 March 1961, p. 60 of pdf.
Population of Greece according to the census of 14 March 1971, p. 59 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of 5 April 1981, p. 70 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece according to the census of 17 March 1991, p. 74 of pdf.
Actual population of Greece - Census 2001, p. 75 of pdf.