Evzonoi

Evzoni (Greek Εύζωνοι ( m. pl ). Matsikovo Ματσίκοβο until 1927 ) is a village with 919 inhabitants ( 2011) in the municipality Peonia in the region of Central Macedonia in Greece. It consists of the villages Evzoni (331 Ew. ), Metamorphosis ( Μεταμόρφωσις, 206 Ew. ) And Platania ( Πλατανιά, 382 Ew. ). Evzoni lies immediately south of the border between Greece and Macedonia to the east of the river Axios. The nearest town in Macedonia Gevgelija, the next town Bogorodica. The nearest major Greek village is the small town Polykastro in the south.

In the field of Evzoni is also the border crossing Evzoni / Bogorodica, which represents the connection between the Greek Highway 1 or National Highway 1 and the Macedonian highway M1 to Veles and Skopje. This road link is also the European Route 75 and the beginning of the main road link from north to south in Greece. Otherwise Evzoni is a rural and agrarian village.

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