Tychero

Tycheró (Greek: Τυχερό, [tiçeˈro]) is a town and 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 Soufli, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 220.411 km².^[3] Tychero is situated near the river Evros, which forms the border with Turkey here.

Tychero Τυχερό
Municipal unit
Tychero Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 41°01′N 26°17′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Evros
Municipality	Soufli
Area
• Municipal unit	220.4 km2 (85.1 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	2,647
• Municipal unit density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
• Community	1,483
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	EB

History

Under Ottoman rule Tychero was known as Bıdıklı (Greek: Μπίντικλι). After the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) it became part of Bulgaria, and it became part of Greece in 1920. It was renamed to Tychio, which was changed to the current name Tychero in 1953.^[4] In February 2006 Tychero was struck by a flood of the Evros river. The town is populated by Arvanites^[5] originally from Ibriktepe, now in Turkey.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Tychero is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):^[2]

• Fylakto
• Lefkimmi
• Lyra
• Provatonas (Provatonas, Tavri, Thymaria)
• Tychero

Population

Year	Community	Municipal unit
1991	2,004	4,188
2001	2,031	4,103
2011	2,311	4,010
2021	1,483	2,647

Transport

Road

The Greek National Road 51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio) passes west of the town. Tychero is located south of Soufli, south-southwest of Orestiada, northwest of İpsala (Turkey), north of Feres and northeast of Alexandroupoli.

Rail

The settlement is served by a railway station on the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line.