Komotini today is located in the central northern lowland part of the Regional Municipality in a depression of the plain with an altitude of 36 to 48 meters above sea level. It has a population of approximately 70.000 residents, while it serves over 100.000 daily. It is the capital of the Regional Municipality of Rhodope,

headquarters of the Region of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace and is 94 km from the Greek-Turkish border, 22 km from the Greek-Bulgarian border (Nymfaia/Makaza Border Station), 242 from Thessaloniki, 724 from Athens and 25 from the sea.
The Democritus University of Thrace, with its administrative headquarters in Komotini, currently has around 10.000 students. In Komotini, it is housed in a complex in the city, as well as in buildings on the University Campus 3 km. Northwest, according to CAMPUS standards, as well as in a building complex at the 7th km. of the Komotini-Xanthi National Road.