The A2 motorway (Alexandroupoli - Thessaloniki - Ioannina - Igoumenitsa) passes south of the village.

Until 1927 the village was named Barkoumadi or Barkmadi (Greek: Μπαρκουμάδι or Μπαρκμάδι), after the Albanian words bark and madh literally meaning big belly and metaphorically "the good eater".

[2] Artifacts found in the vicinity are believed to demonstrate a human presence in the village from the Neolithic age until historic times.

At the elevation, the following have been found: On the west bank, there is a cave with evidence of occupation dating back to around 20,000 and 10,000 years ago, the new period of the Paleolithic age in Greece.

Artifacts (tombs, ceramic) showed it was settled from the Neolithic age until the historic years.