Parapotamos
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Parapotamos (Template:Langx, before 1928: Βάρφανη - Varfani[1]) 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.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 60.334 km2.[3] 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.[4][5]
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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- ↑ Name changes of settlements in Greece
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- ↑ James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers
- ↑ official site of Parapotamos Municipality Template:Webarchive
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