Papagiannis, Florina

Papagiannis (Greek: Παπαγιάννης; Macedonian Slavic: Пополжани, Popolžani), known before 1928 as Popozani (Greek: Ποπόζανη), is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece.

Papagiannis
Popozani

Παπαγιάννης
Ποπόζανη
View of the village in 1917
Papagiannis
Popozani
Coordinates: 40°50.30′N 21°29.88′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityFlorina
Municipal unitMeliti
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
581
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Demographics

According to the 2011 census the village had 581 inhabitants.[1] According to a 1993 survey, the village had a predominantly Slavophone community, with Macedonian being spoken primarily be residents over the age of 30.[2]

Notable people from Papagiannis

  • Trayan Stelovski (1920–1946) – fighter and activist of the National Liberation Front (NOF), perished with 4 others in a battle against the Greek army on 2 July 1946.
  • Zhivko Popov (d. 1946) – fighter and activist of NOF, during the Greek Civil War he was betrayed and encircled by the Greek army, losing his life in a burning barn.
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