Aisymi

Aisymi
Αισύμη
Aisymi
Coordinates: 41°0′N 25°57′E / 41.000°N 25.950°E / 41.000; 25.950Coordinates: 41°0′N 25°57′E / 41.000°N 25.950°E / 41.000; 25.950
Country Greece
Administrative region East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit Evros
Municipality Alexandroupoli
Municipal unit Alexandroupoli
Lowest elevation 390 m (1,280 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
  Rural 289
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code GR-680 11
Vehicle registration EB
Petko Voyvoda monument in Asimi-Doganhisar

Aisymi (Greek: Αισύμη, Bulgarian: Дуган Хисар, Dugan hisar, Turkish: Doğanhisar) is a village in the southern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. It is located on the Greek National Road 53, about 20 km north of the city of Alexandroupoli. In 2001 its population was 289 for the village and 367 for the municipal district, including the village Leptokarya.

Population

Year Village population Municipal district population
1981 671 -
1991 419 -
2001 267 389

History

Aisymi dates back to the ancient times as an ancient settlement. With the rest of Western Thrace, it was ruled by the Ottoman Empire since the 14th century. It remained under Turkish rule until the Balkan Wars of 1913. At that time, Aisymi (then known as Doğanhisar, Dugan Hisar in Bulgarian) was a Bulgarian speaking village like many parts of today's Evros prefecture. The population in 1912 consisted of 400 Bulgarians.

After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.

People that were born in Aisymi

Footnotes

  1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.

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