İpsala

In Roman and Byzantine times, this was the town of Cypsela, which belonged to the Roman province of Rhodope, whose capital and metropolitan see was Traianopolis. During the reign of Orhan, it came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. From the 7th century onward, the bishopric of Cypsela, initially a suffragan of Traianopolis, appears in the Notitiae Episcopatuum as an autocephalous archdiocese. Its bishops Georgius and Theophylactus were present respectively at the Second Council of Constantinople (553) and the Second Council of Nicaea (787). Stephanus was at both the Council of Constantinople (869) and the Council of Constantinople (879). No longer a residential bishopric, Cypsela is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. ==Climate==

İpsala has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers, and somewhat cold, moderately wet winters. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = İpsala (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 7.9 | Feb high C = 10.0 | Mar high C = 13.4 | Apr high C = 18.6 | May high C = 24.5 | Jun high C = 29.5 | Jul high C = 32.1 | Aug high C = 32.3 | Sep high C = 27.4 | Oct high C = 20.9 | Nov high C = 14.9 | Dec high C = 9.4 | year high C = 20.1 | Jan mean C = 4.0 | Feb mean C = 5.6 | Mar mean C = 8.5 | Apr mean C = 12.9 | May mean C = 18.1 | Jun mean C = 22.8 | Jul mean C = 25.0 | Aug mean C = 25.0 | Sep mean C = 20.5 | Oct mean C = 15.1 | Nov mean C = 10.2 | Dec mean C = 5.6 | year mean C = 14.5 | Jan low C = 0.8 | Feb low C = 1.9 | Mar low C = 4.4 | Apr low C = 7.9 | May low C = 12.5 | Jun low C = 16.7 | Jul low C = 18.6 | Aug low C = 18.5 | Sep low C = 14.6 | Oct low C = 10.5 | Nov low C = 6.4 | Dec low C = 2.4 | year low C = 9.6 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 68.47 | Feb precipitation mm = 63.17 | Mar precipitation mm = 66.83 | Apr precipitation mm = 43.61 | May precipitation mm = 43.11 | Jun precipitation mm = 37.57 | Jul precipitation mm = 21.78 | Aug precipitation mm = 11.04 | Sep precipitation mm = 33.49 | Oct precipitation mm = 74.16 | Nov precipitation mm = 81.5 | Dec precipitation mm = 84.97 | year precipitation mm = 629.7 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 7.3 | Feb precipitation days = 5.9 | Mar precipitation days = 6.9 | Apr precipitation days = 5.8 | May precipitation days = 5.2 | Jun precipitation days = 4.7 | Jul precipitation days = 2.7 | Aug precipitation days = 2.2 | Sep precipitation days = 3.4 | Oct precipitation days = 5.2 | Nov precipitation days = 6.1 | Dec precipitation days = 7.3 | year precipitation days = 62.7 | Jan humidity = 81.3 | Feb humidity = 77.9 | Mar humidity = 75.9 | Apr humidity = 72.0 | May humidity = 68.7 | Jun humidity = 64.5 | Jul humidity = 60.4 | Aug humidity = 60.3 | Sep humidity = 66.2 | Oct humidity = 74.9 | Nov humidity = 79.5 | Dec humidity = 81.4 | year humidity = 71.8 | source = NOAA ==References==