Papagiannis, Florina

Papagiannis
Popozani
Παπαγιάννης
Ποπόζανη
View of the village in 1917
Papagiannis
Popozani
Coordinates: 40°50.30′N 21°29.88′E / 40.83833°N 21.49800°E / 40.83833; 21.49800Coordinates: 40°50.30′N 21°29.88′E / 40.83833°N 21.49800°E / 40.83833; 21.49800
Country Greece
Administrative region West Macedonia
Regional unit Florina
Municipality Florina
Municipal unit Meliti
Population (2011)[1]
 • Rural 581
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Papagiannis (Greek: Παπαγιάννης; Macedonian Slavic: Пополжани, Popolžani), known before 1928 as Popozani (Greek: Ποπόζανη), is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census the village had 581 inhabitants.[1] According to a 1993 survey, the village had a predominantly Slavophone community, with Macedonian being spoken primarily be residents over the age of 30.[2]

Notable people from Papagiannis

  • Trayan Stelovski (1920–1946) – fighter and activist of the National Liberation Front (NOF), perished with 4 others in a battle against the Greek army on 2 July 1946.
  • Zhivko Popov (d. 1946) – fighter and activist of NOF, during the Greek Civil War he was betrayed and encircled by the Greek army, losing his life in a burning barn.

References

  1. 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ↑ Riki Van Boeschoten (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)". Strates. 10.
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