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Kyprinos () is a town and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Orestiada, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 135.976 km2. In 2021 its population was 571 for the community and 1,732 for the municipal unit. Kyprinos is located southwest of Edirne, Turkey, west-northwest of Orestiada, north of Alexandroupoli and about 5 to 6 km east of Kurdzhali and the Bulgarian frontier, where there is a border crossing. Athens is approximately 1,050 km

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Place details

Locality
Κόμαρα
Region
Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
1,095
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Kyprinos
Greek Dimos.name_local
Κυπρίνος
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Kyprinou.svg
Greek Dimos.elevation
63
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
East Macedonia and Thrace
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Evros
Greek Dimos.municipality
Orestiada
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
1732
Greek Dimos.pop_community
571
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
136.0
Greek Dimos.licence
EB

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Wikidata facts

Population
806
Area
31782
Elevation
63
Image
Kyprinos 2.jpg
Dialing code
2556
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Commons category
Kyprinos
native label
Κυπρίνος
postal code
68006
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9 sections
Contents
  • Name origin
  • Subdivisions
  • Population
  • Logo and seal
  • History
  • The river of Ardas
  • City-Partnership
  • External links
  • References

Kyprinos () is a town and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Orestiada, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 135.976 km2. In 2021 its population was 571 for the community and 1,732 for the municipal unit. Kyprinos is located southwest of Edirne, Turkey, west-northwest of Orestiada, north of Alexandroupoli and about 5 to 6 km east of Kurdzhali and the Bulgarian frontier, where there is a border crossing. Athens is approximately 1,050 km to the southwest. Komara is on the other side of the river Ardas.

==Name origin==

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