Peponia, Kozani

Peponia
Πεπονιά
Community
Peponia is located in Greece
Peponia
Peponia
Coordinates: 40°17.5667′N 21°24.582′E / 40.2927783°N 21.409700°E / 40.2927783; 21.409700
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKozani
MunicipalityVoio
Municipal unitNeapoli
Elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
48
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
500 01
Area code(s)+30-2468
Vehicle registrationΚΖ

Peponia (Greek: Πεπονιά, before 1927: Λάη – Lai),[2] is a village and a community of the Voio municipality.[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Neapoli, of which it was a municipal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 48 inhabitants in the village.[1]

Lai was populated by Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[4][5] In the 1900 statistics of Vasil Kanchov, where the town appears under its Bulgarian name "Laya", it was inhabited by some 300 "Greek Muslims".[6]

The 1920 Greek census recorded 321 people in the village, and 250 inhabitants (60 families) were Muslim in 1923.[7] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Lai were from East Thrace (26), Asia Minor (4) and Pontus (60) in 1926.[7] The 1928 Greek census recorded 338 village inhabitants.[7] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 88 (323 people).[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Lai – Peponia". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. ^ Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 347. ISBN 9780900834899.
  5. ^ Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 13. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p46. (in Bulgarian)
  7. ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 82. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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