Neapoli_(Kozani),_Greece

Neapoli, Kozani

Neapoli, Kozani

Municipal unit in Greece

Neapoli (Greek: Νεάπολη, "New Town") is a town in the Kozani regional unit of West Macedonia in northern Greece. A former municipality, it has been a municipal unit of Voio since the 2011 local government reform.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 238.277 km2, the community 22.001 km2.[3] The municipal unit has a population of 3,246 while the community has 2,063 inhabitants (2021).[1]

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History

In antiquity, the city was known as Palladium. Under the Byzantine Empire, it was known as Anaselitsa (Medieval Greek: Ανασελίτσα, Anaselítsa). Under Turkish rule, it was known as Nasliç (ناسليچ)[4] and had a large population of Greek Muslims referred to by locals as Vallahades.

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. [3]
    "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. [4]
    Fortna, Benjamin C.; et al. (2012), State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey, Abingdon: Routledge, p. 50.
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