Administrative Region : East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit : Evros
Petrolofos (Πετρόλοφος) Evros
Petrolofos is a semi-mountainous village in the Evros regional unit at an altitude of 460 meters[1]
Geography - History
Petrolofos is located on the western border of the prefecture with the prefecture of Rodopi and near the Erythropotamos River. It is 60 km west of Soufli and 85.5 km north of Alexandroupoli. The village is included in the Pomakohoria and its inhabitants are Kizilbassids, an Alevi sect of Bektashis[2]. Sights are the double-arched bridge at the location "Pousarits" and the watermill with the mantani for processing wool at the location "Suleiman Dere"[3].
It was officially mentioned as a settlement in 1924, after the liberation, in the Government Gazette 194A-14/08/1924, annexing it to the then community of Mikro Derio[4]. According to the Kallikratis plan, together with Mikro Derio, Geriko, Goniko, Mega Derio, Roussa and Sidirochori, it forms the municipal community of Mikro Derio, which belongs to the municipal unit of Orfeas of the municipality of Soufli and according to the 2011 census, its population is 112 inhabitants[5].
References
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 58, vol. 28.
"In the Pomako villages of Evros prefecture, the rock paintings of Roussa". Ornithography. February 26, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
"Guide to Eastern Macedonia and Thrace". www.xanthi.ilsp.gr. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
"Administrative Changes of Settlements". EETAA. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
"Official Gazette of the results of the 2011 PERMANENT population census", p. 10491 (p. 17 of the pdf).
| Municipal unit Orfeas |
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| Municipal Community Mikro Dereio |
| Geriko (Γέρικο, το) |
| Goniko (Γονικόν, το) |
| Mega Dereio (Μέγα Δέρειο, το) |
| Mikro Dereio (Μικρό Δέρειο, το) |
| Petrolofos (Πετρόλοφος, ο) |
| Roussa (Ρούσσα, η) |
| Sidirochori (Σιδηροχώρι, το) |
| Community Amorio |
| Amorio (Αμόριο, το) |
| Community Kyriaki |
| Kyriaki (Κυριακή, η) |
| Community Lavara |
| Lavara (Λάβαρα, τα) |
| Community Mandra |
| Mandra (Μάνδρα, η) |
| Community Mavrokklisi |
| Korymvos (Κόρυμβος, ο) |
| Mavrokklisi (Μαυροκκλήσι, το) |
| Community Protokklisi |
| Agriani (Αγριάνη, η) |
| Protokklisi (Πρωτοκκλήσι, το) |
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