Topeiros Τόπειρος | |
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  Topeiros Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates:40°59′N24°48′E / 40.983°N 24.800°E /40.983; 24.800 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Xanthi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Thomas Michoglou[1] (since 2014) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 312.5 km2 (120.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 9,473 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AH |
Topeiros (Greek:Τόπειρος) is a municipality in theXanthi regional unit,Greece. The municipality has an area of 312.493 km2[3] and a population 9,473 (2021). The seat of the municipality is inEvlalo.[4]
Topeiros was anancient Thracian settlement, which in the imperial times evolved into a great urban center survived until theByzantine period. The city is identified with the lateRoman andByzantine ruins saved a little south of the modern village of Paradeisos, where there is a passage of the riverNestos. The city functioned as tribal, administrative and religious center of the Thracian tribe ofSapaioi.
Thanks to its strategic position, in early 2nd AD century it was rebuilt – according to the Greek type of city-states – by emperorTrajan under his provincial policy intended tourbanization ofThrace. It was then known as Ulpia Topirus inLatin. Within the limits of its territory that stretched on both banks of the river Nestos were a dense network of rural settlements and castles, as well several Roman stations ofVia Egnatia.[5]
Administrative division of theEastern Macedonia and Thrace Region | ||
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| Regional unit ofDrama |  | |
| Regional unit ofEvros | ||
| Regional unit ofKavala | ||
| Regional unit ofRhodope | ||
| Regional unit ofThasos | ||
| Regional unit ofXanthi | ||
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