Alexandroupolis, Greece
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@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ --- schema: foundry-doc-v1 title: "Alexandroupolis Regional Market" slug: gr-evros-alexandroupolis language: en language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC category: markets index_group: market-profiles type: reference content_type: topic quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "European Regional Market — Plovdiv (Bulgaria) metropolitan reference point, 171.9 km; 1 District-tier and 1 Local-tier co-location cluster." paired_with: markets/gr-evros-alexandroupolis.es.md wikipedia_sourced: true last_edited: 2026-08-25 editor: editorial --- Alexandroupolis, a port city in northeastern Greece near the Turkish and Bulgarian borders, holds European Regional Market standing under the co-location screening framework's composition gate. The framework's nearest major metropolitan reference point for the market is Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 171.9 kilometres away — a cross-border reference reflecting the city's position in Thrace, not a commuting relationship. Alexandroupolis combines one District-tier and one Local-tier co-location cluster. ## Overview According to Wikipedia (accessed 2026-08-25), Alexandroupolis recorded 71,751 residents at the 2021 census, and serves as capital of the Evros regional unit in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region. <!-- wikipedia-sourced: population/description --> The city's coastal position on the Thracian Sea has made it a growing commercial and military port, with expanded strategic significance for Greece and NATO shipping since 2022. ## Regional Market Standing | Field | Value | |---|---| | Metropolitan reference point | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | | Distance | 171.9 km | | Co-location clusters | 1 District-tier, 1 Local-tier | | Catchment population | 93,453 | | Catchment method | H3 hexagonal union across member clusters | Alexandroupolis has one District-tier and one Local-tier co-location cluster. Its metropolitan reference point is notable among the seven Greek entries for crossing an international border — a real, disclosed feature of the framework's continental reference-point set rather than an editorial choice. Cluster-level detail — the specific retail and civic anchors composing each cluster — is pending the underlying GIS dataset and is not included in this stub. See [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] for the full Top 400 set and [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] for how markets qualify. ## See Also - [[atlas-greece|Greece Regional Market Index]] - [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] - [[about-regional-markets-system|Regional Markets Intelligence System]] - [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] ## References - [Alexandroupolis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandroupolis) — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-08-25 *Wikipedia content reproduced under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).*