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 |name = Parapotamos
 |name_local = Παραπόταμος
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Parapotamou.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]]
|periphunit         = [[Thesprotia]]
|municipality = [[Igoumenitsa]]
 |pop_municunit = 969
 |pop_community = 634
 |population_as_of = 2021
 |area_municunit = 60.3
 |elevation = 
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 |licence = ΗΝ
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'''Parapotamos''' ({{langx|el|Παραπόταμος}}, before 1928: Βάρφανη - ''Varfani''<ref>[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/172253 Name changes of settlements in Greece]</ref>) 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.<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=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</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 [[Cham Albanians]], before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121209175153/http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/balkan/07(01)MV.pdf James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers]</ref><ref>[http://www.parapotamos.gr official site of Parapotamos Municipality] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518142255/http://www.parapotamos.gr/ |date=2009-05-18 }}</ref>

==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==
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[[Category:Populated places in Thesprotia]]
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