Administrative Region : East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit : Rhodopi
Mirana (Μίρανα ) Rhodopi
Mirana or Moirana is a lowland village of Thrace in the Rhodope Regional Unit.[1] The Municipal Community of Mirana, which also includes the settlements of Venna and Salmoni, according to the 2021 census had a population of 974 inhabitants.
Geography - History
Mirana is located in the plain of Komotini with an altitude of 70 meters[2], at a distance of 18 km southeast of the city center and 25 km west of Sapes (seat of the municipality). The Lissos River passes to the north of the village, Salmoni to the west and the Egnatia Odos passes, the Ismaros Forest is to the south, and Pelagia to the east. Its inhabitants are Muslims, of whom a few are Pomaks and 1/6 are Roma.[3] In the southeast and on the "Isiklik" hill, a prehistoric settlement dating back to the Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age has been found, as well as a surface collection of pottery.[4] Their old name, during the Turkish occupation, is Mourati and officially referred to as Moirana, after the liberation, in 1924 in the Government Gazette 194A - 14/08/1924 they were designated as the seat of the newly founded community of the same name, while in 1940 their name was corrected to Mirana.[5] According to the "Kallikratis" Program, together with Venna and Salmoni, they constitute the local community of Mirana, which falls under the municipal unit of Maroneia of the Municipality of Maroneia - Saponi and according to the 2011 census has a population of 286 residents.[6]
External links
Mirana Community Archive from the General State Archives website
References
Encyclopedia Nea Domi Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 190, vol. 22.
"MIRANA (Small Town) KOMOTINI - GTP". www.gtp.gr. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
"Mirana v. Rodopi | Zagalisa - The Voice of the Pomaks of Thrace". zagalisa.gr. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
"Thracian Electronic Treasure - History". www.xanthi.ilsp.gr. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
"EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
«Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population», p. 10481 (p. 7 of the pdf)
| Municipal unit Maroneia |
|---|
| Municipal Community Amaranta |
| Amaranta (Αμάραντα, τα) |
| Βάκος, ο |
| Isalo (Ίσαλο, το) |
| Καλλιθέα, η |
| Πάμφορο, το |
| Municipal Community Xylagani |
| Εργάνη, η |
| Νέα Πέτρα, η |
| Xylagani (Ξυλαγανή, η) |
| Community Imeros |
| Ampelakia (Αμπελάκια, τα) |
| Imeros (Ίμερος, ο) |
| Community Maroneia |
| Agios Charalambos (Άγιος Χαράλαμπος, ο) |
| Ano Askites (Άνω Ασκητές, οι) |
| Askites (Ασκητές, οι) |
| Maroneia (Μαρώνεια, η) |
| Πλατανίτης, ο |
| Community Mirana |
| Βέννα, η |
| Mirana (Μίρανα, τα) |
| Σαλμώνη, η |
| Community Pelagia |
| Pelagia (Πελαγία, η) |
| Community Proskynites |
| Αλκυών, η |
| Κρυονέρι, το |
| Λεύκες, οι |
| Οικισμός προσωπικού ΔΕΗ, ο |
| Proskynites (Προσκυνητές, οι) |
| Προφήτης Ηλίας, ο |
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