Vyssa | |
Name Local: | Βύσσα |
Type: | municipal unit |
Coordinates: | 41.5333°N 61°W |
Periph: | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Periphunit: | Evros |
Municipality: | Orestiada |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Pop Municunit: | 4378 |
Area Municunit: | 170.2 |
Licence: | EB |
Vyssa (el|Βύσσα) is a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Orestiada, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 170.179 km2.[2] Population 4,378 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Nea Vyssa. It is named after a former village 4km (02miles) to its north that is now in Turkey. Refugees from that side fled into this area and settled into these villages.