Iasmos

Iasmos (Greek: Ίασμος, Turkish: Yassıköy) is a town and a municipality in the Rhodope regional unit of Thrace, Greece. It is built on the side of the Rhodope Mountains. Although references about the village date back to the 16th Century, it is likely that those references are about the old location of the village, a few kilometres west of the current position. The actual date that the inhabitants settled in the current place is between the late 18th century and 1814 (the latter date is inscribed on the wall of the oldest church in the village).

Iasmos Ίασμος
Iasmos Location within the region
Coordinates: 41°08′N 25°11′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Rhodope
Area
• Municipality	485.3 km^2 (187.4 sq mi)
• Municipal unit	221.8 km^2 (85.6 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Municipality	13,810
• Municipality density	28/km^2 (74/sq mi)
• Municipal unit	5,703
• Municipal unit density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Community [1]
• Population	4,399 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΟ

Municipality

The municipality Iasmos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]

• Amaxades
• Iasmos
• Sostis

The municipality has an area of 485.285 km², the municipal unit 221.795 km².[3]

People

• Kostas Lazaridis (1900-1943), trade unionist
• George Chouliarakis, Greek politician and former Minister of Finance

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.