Polypotamo

Polypotamo Πολυπόταμο
Community
Polypotamo
Coordinates: 40°43′3″N 21°22′1″E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Florina
Municipal unit	Perasma
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	243
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Polypotamo (Greek: Πολυπόταμο, before 1927: Νερέτη – Nereti)[2] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

During the 1940s, people left the village and relocated to Yugoslavia, later going to Australia.[3] Polypotamo had 573 inhabitants in 1981.[4] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Polypotamo was populated by Slavophones.[4] The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[4] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[4]

Anthropologist Loring Danforth (1997) wrote 1,500 people from the village resided in Melbourne, Australia with most identifying as Macedonian.[3] People who live in the village itself all identify as Greek.[3]

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. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Nereti – Polypotamon". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. Danforth, Loring M. (1997). The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World. Princeton University Press. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9780691043579.
4. Van Boeschoten, Riki (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)" [Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia)]. Strates (in French). 10. Table 3: Polipotamos, 573; S, M1; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"