Neos Zygos
Neos Zygos is a village in the Kavala regional unit of Greece. It was created in the 1990s with a government grant for the housing of returned Pontic Greek expatriates from the Soviet Union. Between 1990 and 1993, 110 families were settled there. It was recognized as a settlement in 1991 as part of the community of Zygos. As part of the Kapodistrias reform, it became part of the municipality of Filippoi in 1997. Since the implementation of the 2010 Kallikratis Programme, together with Zygos, it constitutes the municipal community of Zygos which belongs to the municipal unit of Filippoi of the municipality of Kavala. According to the 2021 census it has a population of 365 inhabitants. Neos Zygos is located 12 km northwest of Kavala at an altitude of 99 meters above sea level. It is built near and west of the Greek [National Road 12|National Road 12], between the villages of Zygos, Palaia Kavala, Amygdaleona and Polystylo.