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Sapes ( or ) is a town and a former municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Maroneia-Sapes, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 354.596 km2. The population is 6,738 (2021).

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Place details

Locality
Σάπες
Region
Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
4,506
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Sapes
Greek Dimos.name_local
Σάπες
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Sapon.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
East Macedonia and Thrace
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Rhodope
Greek Dimos.municipality
Maroneia-Sapes
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
6738
Greek Dimos.pop_community
3948
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
354.6
Greek Dimos.licence
ΚΟ

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Σάπαι
Country
Greece
Population
3351
Area
118.286
Elevation
101
Image
Agia Marina Church 2.jpeg
Dialing code
2532
Patron saint
Helena Augusta
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twinned administrative body
Galatina
native label
Σάπες
postal code
693 00
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Encyclopedic overview

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Sapes ( or ) is a town and a former municipality in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Maroneia-Sapes, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 354.596 km2. The population is 6,738 (2021).

==Province== The province of Sapes () was one of the provinces of the Rhodope Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipal unit Sapes and the municipality Arriana, except the municipal unit Organi. It was abolished in 2006.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sapes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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