Country Greece Vehicle registration ΡΜ Local time Monday 8:09 PM | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipality Paranesti Regional unit Drama | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 71% Humidity Administrative region Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | ||
Nikiforos (Greek: Νικηφόρος, Turkish: Nusretlı or Nustretlı) is a village and a former municipality in the Drama regional unit, of East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Paranesti. The municipal unit has an area of 240.998 km2. The 2011 census reported a population of 2,805 inhabitants in the municipal unit and 296 in the village.
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Map of Nikiforos 660 37, Greece
"Drama Köprüsü"
The Rumelia Turkish folk song "Drama Köprüsü" (Bridge Of Drama), is set near Nikiforos. The two- to three-century-old bridge has been located between Nikiforos and the nearby village of Karyafiton. Research was conducted by Nikos Latsistalis, the chairman of the Drama Asia Minor Refugees Association with the help of a Turkish refugee from Drama to Bursa.