Vyssa Municipal Unit
Sign in to saveVyssa () is 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 170.179 km2. Population 4,378 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Nea Vyssa. It is named after a former village to its north that is now in Turkey. Refugees from that side fled into this area and settled into these villages.
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- Greece
- Located in
- Orestiada Municipality
- Population
- 6657
- Dialing code
- 25520
- Licence plate code
- EB
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- Βύσσα
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Vyssa () is 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 170.179 km2. Population 4,378 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Nea Vyssa. It is named after a former village to its north that is now in Turkey. Refugees from that side fled into this area and settled into these villages.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vyssa Municipal Unit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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