Makri, Evros

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Makri
Μάκρη
Statistics
Country: Greece
Prefecture: Evros
Province: N/A
Municipality: Alexandroupoli
Municipal district: Makri
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
40.82 (40° 51' 5") N
25.7231 (25° 44' 25") E
Population: (2001)
-Settlement (change)
-Percent of the municipal district
-Percent of the city
820 (+82 or +12.24% from 1991)
1,674
17.2%
15.55%
Altitude: 
-lowest:
 -centre:		 Thracian Gulf
75 m
about 600 to 800 m (north)
Postal code: GR-681 00
Car designation: EB

Makri (Greek: Μάκρη) is a village in the northern part of the city of Alexandroupoli, Greece, west of the metropolitan area and 20 km west of downtown. Its 2001 population was 288 for the settlement. Makri is also located east-southeast of Komotini and southeast of Sapes. The area is approximately 25 to 30 km² and about 100 km² with the municipal district spanning up to 20 km in length and 15 km in width making it one of the largest municipal districts in the country.

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[edit] Nearest places

[edit] Population

Year Village population Change Percent of the municipal district Percent of the municipality
1981 1,334 - - - -
1991 738 -596 or -44.68% - - -
2001 820 +82 or +11.24% 1,674 48.98% 1.56% (village)
3.17% (municipal district)

[edit] Geography

Its geography consists of farmlands within the coastline. Its length is 5 km long from north to south and 1 to 1.5 km in width from east to west. Forests are sporaidically founded including its coastline. The mountain ranges lies to the north and are a mixture of forests and barren land, the northern part are mainly underpopulated. The old and the new Egnatia Odos (GR-2/E90, Alexandroupoli - Thessaloniki - Kozani - Igoumenitsa) is to the north with its nearby interchange 10 km north with a curvy road over its valley.

[edit] History

Makri was ruled by the Ottoman Empire until the Balkan Wars of 1913, instead of Greece, it joined Bulgaria since it was invaded by them and administered until the Greco-Turkish War which finally ceded to Greece. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Some of its residents moved to other parts of Greece and North America. The population dramatically lost between 1981 and 2001.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

Makri was battered by heavy rainfall on Monday August 6, 2007 and flooded the area and its village, its beaches were unsafe and muddy. Off the Thracian Sea by the coasts of Makri by its campground and beach, a trailer floated as far as 1 km away from the seashore. Some properties were damaged and several roads were closed.

[edit] Other

Makri has a school, church, banks, a post office, and a square (plateia), its nearest lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school) is in Makri.

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Municipal districts of the city of Alexandroupoli
Alexandroupoli (Agnantia | Amfitriti) | Aissymi (Leptokarya) | Avas or Avantas | Kirki | Makri (Dikella | Ennati | Koimisi Theotokou | Mesimvria | Panorama | Paralia Dikellon | Plaka) | Sykorrachi (Atarni | Avra | Komaros | Mesti | Perama | Stathmos)
Greece | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | Thrace | Evros Prefecture | Alexandroupoli
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