What is "metaxades"

Metaxades (, ) 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 Didymoteicho, of which it is a municipal unit. In 2001 its population was 874 for the village, 914 for the community and 4,486 for the municipality.

Metaxades is located in the northern part of the Evros regional unit, on the border with Bulgaria ( Ivaylovgrad municipality). The river Erythropotamos flows through the municipal unit. Kyprinos lies to the north, and Didymoteicho to the east. The Greek National Road 53 (Alexandroupoli - Mega Dereio - Kyprinos - Ormenio) runs through Metaxades.