KOMOTIN

agricultural town of western Thrace (Thrki), and capital of the noms (department) of Rodhpi, Greece. It lies 14 miles (23 km) by road south of the Bulgarian border. In the Byzantine period it was known as Koumoutzina, or Komotine (Turkish: Gumuljna). The Treaty of London (1913) awarded it to Bulgaria, but the Treaty of Neuilly (1919) granted it to Greece. From 1941 to 1944 it was occupied by Bulgarian troops. A regional market centre for table grapes, tobacco, cereals, and hides, it is on the Thessalonki-Alexandropolis railway. The town is the seat of the metropolitan bishop of Marnia. Some light industry has developed, mainly clothing. Pop. (1991 prelim.) 40,522.