Tsotyli (Greek: Τσοτύλι, also Τσοτίλι - Tsotili) is a village and former municipality currently part of the Voio municipality. Prior to 2011 local government reforms, it was the seat of the municipality of Tsotyli.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 330.269 km2, the community 25.658 km2.[3] The 2021 census recorded 1,453 residents in the village, and 2,619 residents in the municipal unit of Tsotyli.[1] It is a notable western Greek area, in part for its ancient housing estate (oikotrofeio). The community consists of the villages Tsotyli, Rokastro and the former village Nea Sparti.
Tsotyli
Τσοτύλι | |
|---|---|
  Tsotyli Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°15.745′N 21°19.5′E / 40.262417°N 21.3250°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Voio |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 325.19 km2 (125.56 sq mi) |
| • Community | 25.658 km2 (9.907 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 840 m (2,760 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,619 |
| • Municipal unit density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Community | 1,453 |
| • Community density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 500 02 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2468 |
| Vehicle registration | KZ |
Tsotyli was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[4][5] The 1920 Greek census recorded 959 people in the village, and 400 inhabitants (100 families) were Muslim in 1923.[6] Historian Apostolos Vakalopoulos wrote Tsotyli had 40 Christian families and 150 Vallahades families.[4] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsotyli were from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (17) and Pontus (64) in 1926.[6] The 1928 Greek census recorded 852 village inhabitants.[6] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 86 (339 people).[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ a b Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
- ^ 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, 14. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ 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. 83. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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