Bulgaria–Greece border

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The Bulgaria–Greece border is an international land boundary in Southeast Europe that runs largely through mountainous terrain, including the Rhodope range, separating Bulgaria to the north from Greece to the south.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
land border
approximateLengthKilometers 493
approximateLengthMiles 306
borderRegime European Union external border
surface form: Schengen external border
continent Europe
countryOnBorderIsEUMember Bulgaria
Greece
countryOnBorderIsNATOMember Bulgaria
Greece
crossesAdministrativeRegionOfBulgaria Blagoevgrad Province
Haskovo Province
Kardzhali Province
Smolyan Province
crossesAdministrativeRegionOfGreece Central Macedonia
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
easternTerminus tripoint of Bulgaria–Greece–Turkey
establishedBetweenStates Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Greece
EUInternalBorder true
hasBorderControl yes
hasBorderCrossing Ivaylovgrad–Kiprinos border crossing
surface form: Ilinden–Exochi border crossing

Ivaylovgrad–Kiprinos border crossing
Kulata–Promachonas border crossing
Makaza–Nymfaia border crossing
Svilengrad–Ormenio border crossing
Zlatograd–Thermes border crossing
historicalContext Balkan Wars
Treaties of World War I
surface form: World War I peace settlements
locatedInRegion Balkans
surface form: Southeast Europe
northernSideCountry Bulgaria
partlyDefinedByTreaty Treaty of Bucharest (1913)
Treaty of Lausanne
surface form: Treaty of Lausanne (1923)

Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
surface form: Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1919)
passesNearRiver Nestos River NERFINISHED
Struma River
passesThroughMountainRange Belasica Mountains
surface form: Belasitsa Mountains

Rhodope Mountains
Slavyanka Mountain
surface form: Slavyanka Mountains
separatesCountry Bulgaria
Greece
southernSideCountry Greece
terrain mountainous
usedFor rail transport
road transport
tourism between Bulgaria and Greece
trade between Bulgaria and Greece
westernTerminus tripoint of Bulgaria–Greece–North Macedonia

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Rhodope Mountains borderRegionOf Bulgaria–Greece border
Struma River formsPartOfBorder Bulgaria–Greece border
this entity surface form: Bulgaria–Greece border (short sections)
Rila–Rhodope massif crossBorderRegion Bulgaria–Greece border
Devil's Throat Cave near Bulgaria–Greece border
this entity surface form: Bulgarian–Greek border
NATO external border during Cold War includesSection Bulgaria–Greece border
this entity surface form: Greece–Bulgaria border
European theatre of interwar conflicts hasNotableConflict Bulgaria–Greece border
this entity surface form: Bulgarian–Greek border incidents