Makri, Evros

Makri (Greek: Μάκρη) is a village and a municipal district of the city of Alexandroupoli, Greece, west of the metropolitan area and 15 km west of downtown. Its 2001 population was 805 for the village, and 1,642 for the district. Makri is located east-southeast of Komotini and southeast of Sapes. The area is approximately 25 to 30 km² and about 100 km² with the municipal district spanning up to 20 km in length and 15 km in width making it one of the largest municipal districts in the country.

Subdivisions

 * Makri, pop. 805
 * Dikella, pop. 285
 * Ennato, pop. 200
 * Koimisi Theotokou, pop. 39
 * Mesimvria, pop. 149
 * Panorama, pop. 33
 * Paralia Dikellon, pop. 25
 * Plaka, pop. 106

Nearest places

 * Alexandroupoli, west
 * Dikella Beach
 * Dikella, west

Geography
Its geography consists of farmlands within the coastline. Its length is 5 km long from north to south and 1 to 1.5 km in width from east to west. Forests are sporadically found including its coastline. The mountain ranges lie to the north and are a mixture of forests and barren land, the northern part is rather underpopulated. The old and the new Egnatia Odos (GR-2/E90, Alexandroupoli - Thessaloniki - Kozani - Igoumenitsa) is to the north with its nearby interchange 10 km north with a curvy road over its valley.

History
Makri was ruled by the Ottoman Empire as "Miri" until the Balkan Wars of 1913. Having invaded the area, Bulgaria administered the area until the Greco-Turkish War, after which it was finally ceded to Greece. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many of its buildings were rebuilt. Some of its residents moved to other parts of Greece and North America. The population dramatically dropped between 1981 and 2001.

Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s.

Makri was battered by heavy rainfall on Monday August 6, 2007 and flooded the area and its village, its beaches were unsafe and muddy. Off the Thracian Sea by the coasts of Makri by its campground and beach, a trailer floated as far as 1 km away from the seashore. Some properties were damaged and several roads were closed.