Orestiada,East Macedonia and Thrace 作者： 来源： 发布时间：2021-07-13
I.Population and Area
Location within the region
Coordinates: 41°30′N 26°32′E
Country Greece
Administrative region East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit Evros
Area
• Municipality 955.6 km2 (369.0 sq mi)
• Municipal unit 256.9 km2 (99.2 sq mi)
Elevation 35 m (115 ft)
Population (2011)
• Municipality 37,695
• Municipality density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Municipal unit 23,584
• Municipal unit density 92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Community
• Population 20,211 (2011)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 682 00
Area code(s) 25520
Vehicle registration OP
Orestiada is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest town of the Evros regional unit of Thrace. Founded by Greek refugees from Adrianople after the Treaty of Lausanne when the population exchange occurred between Turkey and Greece, in which the Evros River became the new border between the two countries. The population is around 20,000.
II.Natural Geography (environment and resources)
Geography
Orestiada lies in the plain of the river Evros, at 40 metres above sea level. Orestiada is only 6 km west of the banks of the Evros, which forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey. Orestiada is located 17 km north of Didymoteicho, 19 km south of Edirne, 28 km southeast of the Greek-Turkish-Bulgarian tripoint, 40 km southeast of Svilengrad, 91 km northeast of Alexandroupoli, and 212 km west of Istanbul.
Transport
Railway station, taken in 2017
Road
The Greek National Road 51/E85 passes 1 km to the west of Orestiada.
Rail
The city is served by two railway stations, the larger Orestiada railway station, and a smaller station Sakkos, both on the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line. Historically the city was on the İstanbul Sirkeci-Svilengrad line, since 1971 a parallel railway line that runs exclusively over Turkish territory so that the Orestiada station is now touched only by regional traffic.
III.Economy
Reference: https://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/in/Orestiada-Greece
IV.Industrial Characterisitics
Orestiada has a medical center, an orchestra, and a choir as well as a sugar factory, outside the city which processes locally grown sugar beets. Asparagus, potatoes, tobacco, watermelons, and corn are also grown. As well, a cattle breeding fund gives commercial impetus to the city and the whole area which is in such an economically strategic location in Europe.
It is also the site of the Fylakio detention center for refugees seeking asylum in Greece. In November 2010, the European Union sent Frontex forces to Orestiada to help Greek police patrol the local section of the border with Turkey. Some 31,400 people crossed just that portion of the border in the first nine months of 2010.
Projects:
1, Publication of contract data for the project Replacement of surface network with construction of underground irrigation network in the drillings of the farm of Sagini Orestiada
Detailed information:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DimosiopoiisiDiktiouSaginis.pdf
2, Publication of contract data for the project Replacement of surface network with construction of underground irrigation network in the drillings of the farm Oinoi-Sakkou Orestiada
More information:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DimosiopoiisiDiktiouOinoisSakkou.pdf
3, Publication of contract data for the project Replacement of surface network with construction of underground irrigation network in the drillings of the farm of Klissos Orestiada
More Information:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DimosiopoiisiDiktiouKleissous.pdf
4, Publication of contract data for the project entitled Adaptation of the operating kindergartens of the NPDD-Center for Social Protection, Solidarity and Sports of the Municipality of Orestiada to the provisions of the PD. 99/17
More information:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DimosiopoiisiSymvasisPaidikesXares.pdf
5, Announcement of supply of equipment and specialized IT software for the Municipality of Orestiada for the years 2020-2021
Declaration summary: https://www.orestiada.gr/notice-category/diakiryxeis-dimoprasies/
Detailed Declaration:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AnalytikiDiakirixi.pdf
6, Announcement of International Open Tender for the Supply of Spare Parts, Tires and maintenance and repair of vehicles and machinery of the Municipality of Orestiada for 3 years
Detailed Declaration:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AnalitikiDiakirixi.pdf
7, Terms of declaration Electronic open procedure for concluding a public contract for the "supply of food and items of basic material assistance of food or basic material assistance (E.V.Y.S.) of TEVA Municipality of Orestiada P.E. Evros 2015-2016 & 2018-2019 »
Read the declaration in detail:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diakhryksh-me-ada.pdf
Read the summary in detail:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/perilipsh-diakhrykshs.pdf
8, Announcement of a brief tender for the supply of equipment for the display of exhibits at the Karatheodori exhibition space in N. Vyssa in the context of the implementation of the GreeTHIS project
Declaration summary:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/PeriliptikiDiakiriksiEkthemata.pdf
Detailed Declaration:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AnalitikiDiakiriksiEkthemata.pdf
9, Announcement of Open Electronic Tender entitled "Supply of three (3) 4x4 cars for the needs of the Technical Service of the Municipality of Orestiada"
Read the Declaration in detail:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/diakhryjh-me-adam.pdf
Read the summary in detail:
https://www.orestiada.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/perilhptikh-diakhryxh.pdf
Reference: https://www.orestiada.gr/notice-category/diakiryxeis-dimoprasies/
V.Attractions
1, Historical and Ethnographical Museum
Learn all about the Greek–Turkish population exchange at this excellent museum with an equally excellent and dedicated staff. The exhibits tell the stories of the broader regional culture, and the stories of the displaced communities, especially their pluck and ingenuity in rebuilding their lives anew.
Details
Agion Theodoron 103
25520 28080
Hours: 10am-1pm Tue-Sun
Website: http://www.musorest.gr/
2, Church of Saint Theodoros
This brick church has a striking silver-topped bell tower and coral tiled roof.
3, Historical and Folklore Museum of New Orestiada
Address: Ag. Theodoron 103, Orestiada 682 00, Greece
Phone: +30 2552 028080
Reference: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/orestiada
https://www.tripadvisor.com/
VI.History
Ancient Orestiada was located in present-day Turkey, across the river from the current town of Kastanies. In ancient times, there was a small settlement on this site which legends claim was founded by Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
In 1920, after the liberation of Thrace, the city was renamed Orestiada and conferred on Greece along with the whole of Western Thrace and most of Eastern Thrace under the Treaty of Sevres. Following the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and the Armistice of Mudanya (October 1922), the Western Forces surrendered Eastern Thrace to Turkey and the Greek army was ordered to withdraw within 15 days to positions east of Evros. As a result, Adrianople (renamed Edirne) which is located to the east of Evros, became Turkish, but Karagatch, located to the west of Evros, remained in Greece. As Eastern Thrace was evacuated by its Greek population, several residents of Edirne fled to its neighboring suburb, Karagatch, on the other bank of the river (the west and still Greek), hoping that something would change and they could go back to their homes more easily. However at the Lausanne conference, the British representative Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Curzon, with French Prime Minister Poincaré, Italian Prime Minister Mussolini and United States High Commissioner Admiral Mark L. Bristol, failed to reach a compromise with Ismet Pasha, the chief negotiator for Turkey. Effects were made more difficult following protests by the Turks and hindered still further by Admiral Bristol's explicit support for Turkish efforts
As compensation to the new Turkish republic, Greece was asked to pay 4 billion gold francs (half of the cost Greek military and commercial fleet), to leave the Ecumenical Patriarchate from Constantinople and hold a referendum in Western Thrace to decide its future. In reaction to Eleftherios Venizelos, in May 1923, the French general Mauritius Pelley argued: "Since Greece cannot pay, the old Orestiada (Karagatch) should be given to the Turks." His proposal was accepted. Karagatch, with the villages of Bosna and Demerdes, were transferred to Turkish control, along with the strategic railhead and Karagatch railway station which at the time served Edirne also. The 17,000 Greek inhabitants of the Karagatch Triangle learned of this concession on 27 May 1923. The abandonment of the old Orestiada began in July 1923, as the population moved beyond the Evros River, the new border. At 10:20, 15 September 1923 around 1500 years of Greek orthodox history was at an end. On 4 June 1923, a committee, which had only been formed the day before at a joint meeting of the inhabitants of old Orestiada, traveled 17 kilometers south, to the uninhabited rural site of Kum-Tsiflik (Sandy Estate), to view the possible new settlement. On 12 August 1923, the new city called New Orestias and later New Orestiada was inaugurated to remind the old Orestiada, Karagatch. The inauguration of the new city took place in August 1923 by the Metropolitan of Adrianople Polycarpos, with Spyros Dassios also in attendance.
VII.Other information
With wide boulevards and a tidy grid layout, Orestiada has a different feel to most other Greek cities. Other towns boast of their ancient roots, but Orestiada was created after the 1923 Greek–Turkish population exchanges, when it was called Nea Orestiás. Ironically, though its bones are new concrete, the town now feels a bit more old-fashioned and traditional, simply because some of its all-purpose shops and wood-panelled groceries and bakeries look much as they did a century ago.
Education
In 1999, Orestiada became the fourth town to host university departments (faculties) of the Democritus University of Thrace. The faculties based in Orestiada are the Department of Agricultural Development and the Department of Forestry, Environmental Management and Natural Resources. Both faculties have a five-year curriculum. More than 800 students live in the city.
Sports
Orestias hosts two sports club with presence in the higher national divisions, Orestis Orestiadas F.C. a football club and A.C. Orestias a volleyball club, playing in A1 Ethniki.
VIII.Contact information
Mayor: Mr. Mavridis Vassilios
CONTACT PHONES
town hall 25523 50300
mayors office 25523 50301
Mayor 25523 50302
Citizen Service 25523 50339
ADDRESS
Vassileos Konstantinou 9-11, Orestiada, PC 68200
Email: info@orestiada.gr
Website: https://www.orestiada.gr
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook: ΔΗΜΟΣ ΟΡΕΣΤΙΑΔΑΣ @Dimosorestiadas
Reference: https://www.orestiada.gr/