Lavara, (Greek: Λάβαρα) is a town licated in the eastern part of the prefecture of Evros. It is the seat of the municipality of Orfeas (Greek: Ορφέας). It is located only nearly 2 km from Turkey and the western banks of the Evros. Orfeas is one of the largest municipality and the leastly populated municipality in the prefecture. Much of the land are mountainous and forested to the west hovering the central and the western part of the prefecture extending up to the Rhodope prefecture. It is linked with GR-51 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Edirne in Turkey and Svilengrad in Bulgaria). The town sits on a plain. It is located SE of Svilengrad, S of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, and 13 km N of Soufli and 78 km N of Alexandroupoli. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Greek mythology, Queen Rhodope of Thrace was the wife of Haemus. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ... This is the disambiguation page for the terms Turk, Turkey, Turkic, and Turkish. ... The Maritsa river is ca . ... Svilengrad is a municipality of Bulgaria lying on the border of Turkey and Greece. ... Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ... Alexandroupolis is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros Prefecture in Thrace. ...

Communities

• Amorio
• Kyriaki
• Mandra
• Mavroklisiou
• Mikro Denio
• Protoklisiou

Nearest places

• Didymoteicho, NE

Historical population

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Geography

Forests dominates the banks and parts of the plain. Much of the area are used for farming. The main production are cattle, fruits and vegetables and some flowers. The mountains dominate further west.

History

The town were rare affected by the Evros river flooding of February 17 to 22, 2005. Flood warnings were reported that time. It devastated much of the town on Wednesday March 2, 2005 and continued for several days. On Friday March 4, flood waters plummeted slowly. It amounted up to 5 m or 5,000 mm of rainfall causing the rover to overflow its banks. It flooded buildings, properties and stores. It also left people stranded in their homes and buildings. 50 houses were damaged. It was the worst flooding in nearly 50 years. The rail south of Lavara and near the station were also flooded and was closed that time. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief Upcoming events • March 11: Red Nose Day 2005 in the UK. Deaths in February • 26 – Jef Raskin • 25 – Hugh Nibley • 25 – Peter Benenson • 21... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Ongoing events • Iraqi legislative election • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • Tsunami relief • Cedar Revolution in Lebanon • Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan • Terri Schiavo controversy • Pope John Paul II...

Other

Lavara has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, churches, banks, a police station, a water tower, a post office, a library, and a square (plateia). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

External links

• http://thesaurus.duth.gr/english/moredata.asp?Perioxh_ID=42&Subj=255
• Evros floods (http://www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/article_16625.shtml)
• Critical hours in Lavara during the floods (http://news.pathfinder.gr/greece/news/167548.html) - pathfinder.gr
• http://www.imerisia.gr/pages/01002000001. asp?
• http://orfeas.evros.gr/lavara.htm (in Greek)

See also

• Ta lavara tis AEK
• Ta lavara tis PAOK
• Lavaro