Evros (regional unit)

Geography

Administration

• Alexandroupoli
• Didymoteicho
• Orestiada
• Samothrace
• Soufli

  Prefecture

Provinces

• Province of Orestiada - Orestiada
• Province of Didymoteicho - Didymoteicho
• Province of Soufli - Soufli
• Province of Alexandroupoli - Alexandroupolis
• Province of Samothrace - Samothrace

History

Transport

• Egnatia Odos/E90 motorway
• Greek National Road 2
• Greek National Road 51/E85
• Greek National Road 53

Notable people

• Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek silver Olympic Champion in triple jump
• Demis Nikolaidis, Greek international footballer, European Champion with Greek National team
• Stelios Venetidis,Greek international footballer, European Champion with Greek National team
• Athanasios Tsigas, Greek footballer
• Lefteris Hapsiadis, Greek lyricist and writer
• Andreas Andreadis, Greek international volleyball player
• Marios Giourdas, international volleyball player
• Thanassis Moustakidis, Greek international volleyball player, player with the most appearances with Greek National team
• Nikos Samaras, Greek international volleyball player, player-symbol for the Greek volleyball
• Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician
• Dimosthenis Michalentzakis, Greek Gold Paralympic Champion Swimmer in category S9
• Marinos Ouzounidis, former international Greek footballer, now football coach
• Manolis Siopis, Greek international footballer
• Dimosthenis Magginas, Greek middle-distance, long-distance runner
• Fotis Kosmas, Mediterranean and 7th Olympic winner in decathlon
• Kostas Gatsioudis, 6th Olympic winner, Mediterranean and Silver World champion, in Javelin throw
• Nikos Alavantas, former Greek international footballer
• Giannis Matzourakis, former footballer, now football coach
• Nikos Hadjinikolaou, Greek journalist
• Renos Haralampidis, Greek actor, film director
• Yannis Stankoglou, Greek actor
• John III Doukas Vatatzes, emperor of Nicaea
• John V Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor
• Bayezid II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Eugenios Eugenidis, shipping magnate
• Sürmeli Ali Pasha,, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Konstantinos Malamatinas, founder of retsina Malamatina
• Paraskevas Tselios, Greek international volleyball player
• Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek football player
• Gregoris Mentzas, Greek management scientist and professor at the National Technical University of Athens
• Giorgos Valavanidis, Greek former basketball player, silver medalist with Greek National team U16 in 1991 and Greek champion with PAOK
• Arete Kosmidou, Greek singer
• Anestis Dalakouras, Greek international Volleyball player
• Stavros Stathakis, Greek football player
• Nikos Alavantas, former Greek national football player
• Stefania Liberakaki, Greek-Dutch singer with origin from Sofiko, a village near Didymoteicho