Kalchas, Rhodope

Coordinates: 41°8′N 25°27′E / 41.133°N 25.450°E / 41.133; 25.450
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Kalchas
Κάλχας
Kalchas is located in Greece
Kalchas
Kalchas
Coordinates: 41°8′N 25°27′E / 41.133°N 25.450°E / 41.133; 25.450
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitRhodope regional unit
MunicipalityKomotini
Municipal unitKomotini
Highest elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community1,074
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kalchas (Greek: Κάλχας, Turkish: Kalfa), is a village and a community in the municipality of Komotini, in the Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It is located in a flat area, 5 km northeast of Komotini. The community consists of the villages Kalchas, Iampolis, Megali Ada and Mytikas. At the 2021 census, the population was 1,074 for the community.[1]

The village is crossed by a small stream (known locally by the name Trelocheimarros), tributary of the Vozvozis, that often overflows during the winter causing problems in transportation. In 2011 the Army has placed a military bridge over the stream that improved significantly the transportation.[2] The main occupation of the village residents is the cultivation of tobacco. Just outside the village passes the vertical axis of Egnatia Odos (A2) which leads to the Greek-Bulgarian border. (Komotini - Nymphaea - Makaza - Kardzhali)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού κατά δημοτική κοινότητα" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ Κοινωνική προσφορά Στρατού Ξηράς - Τοποθέτηση γέφυρας στον οικισμό Κάλχας της Ροδόπης