Fylakio
title: "Fylakio" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-evros-(regional-unit)", "orestiada", "greece–turkey-border", "bulgaria–greece-border"] topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylakio" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Fylakio |
| name_local | Φυλάκιο |
| type | community |
| coordinates | |
| periph | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| periphunit | Evros |
| municipality | Orestiada |
| municunit | Kyprinos |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population | 867 |
| licence | EB |
| :: |
|name = Fylakio |name_local = Φυλάκιο |type = community |image_skyline = |caption_skyline = |coordinates = |elevation = |elevation_max = |periph = East Macedonia and Thrace |periphunit = Evros |municipality = Orestiada |municunit = Kyprinos |population_as_of = 2021 |population = 867 |area = |postal_code = |area_code = |licence = EB |website = Fylakio (Greek: Φυλάκιο) is a village in the Evros regional unit of northeast Greece. Fylakio is in the municipal unit of Kyprinos. In 2021 the population was 867 for the community, including the villages Ammovouno and Keramos. It is located on the right bank of the river Ardas, about halfway between Ivaylovgrad (Bulgaria) and Edirne (Turkey).
Population
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| Year | Village population | Community population |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | - | 1,015 |
| 1991 | 555 | - |
| 2001 | 473 | 947 |
| 2011 | 595 | 971 |
| 2021 | 635 | 867 |
| :: |
History
Towards the end of Ottoman rule, Fylakio's inhabitants were 3/4 Bulgarian and 1/4 Turkish. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. Greek refugees from Asia Minor arrived in the village following the end of the war.
Fylakio detention center
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/20101009_Fylakio_detention_center_for_immigrants_refugees_Thrace_Evros_Greece.jpg" caption="Fylakio detention center for immigrants, refugees that has been arrested in the Greek-Turkish borders."] ::
South east of the village there is an immigration detention center housing people arrested for illegally crossing the nearby border with Turkey.
References
References
- [https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2010-11-04/world/24815502_1_evros-river-gateway-for-illegal-immigration-border November 04, 2010. By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press: "Greece: Europe's gateway for illegal immigration".]
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