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'''Parapotamos''' ({{lang-el|Παραπόταμος}}) is a municipality in ], ]. Population 1,668 {{Fact|date=June 2007}} (2001). It was home to a minority of ], before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.<ref>James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers </ref>
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'''Parapotamos''' ({{langx|el|Παραπόταμος}}, before 1928: Βάρφανη - ''Varfani''<ref></ref>) is a village and a former municipality in ], Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=]}}</ref> The municipal unit has an area of 60.334&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref> Population 969 (2021). The village of Parapotamos, the former municipality's seat, was home to ], before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.<ref></ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518142255/http://www.parapotamos.gr/ |date=2009-05-18 }}</ref>


==Name==
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The name of Parapotamos means "riverside" or "by the river" in the Greek language. The village is known as Varfanj in Albanian, which comes from varfër/varfanjak meaning "poor", thus Varfani, "poor area" or "poor region" in Albanian.
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Municipal unit in Greece
Parapotamos Παραπόταμος
Municipal unit
Parapotamos is located in GreeceParapotamosParapotamosLocation within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°33′N 20°20′E / 39.550°N 20.333°E / 39.550; 20.333
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitThesprotia
MunicipalityIgoumenitsa
Area
 • Municipal unit60.3 km (23.3 sq mi)
Population
 • Municipal unit969
 • Municipal unit density16/km (42/sq mi)
 • Community634
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΗΝ

Parapotamos (Greek: Παραπόταμος, before 1928: Βάρφανη - Varfani) is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 60.334 km. Population 969 (2021). The village of Parapotamos, the former municipality's seat, was home to Cham Albanians, before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.

Name

The name of Parapotamos means "riverside" or "by the river" in the Greek language. The village is known as Varfanj in Albanian, which comes from varfër/varfanjak meaning "poor", thus Varfani, "poor area" or "poor region" in Albanian.

References

  1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. Name changes of settlements in Greece
  3. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  5. James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers
  6. official site of Parapotamos Municipality Archived 2009-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
Subdivisions of the municipality of Igoumenitsa
Municipal unit of Igoumenitsa
Municipal unit of Margariti
Municipal unit of Parapotamos
Municipal unit of Perdika
Municipal unit of Syvota
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