Orfani
Orfani Ορφάνι | |
|---|---|
  Orfani Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
| Regional unit | Kavala |
| Municipality | Pangaio |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 5,076 |
| • Municipal unit density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| • Community | 774 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΒ |
Orfani (Greek: Ορφάνι, formerly Ορφάνιον - Orfanion) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit[2] (municipal unit of Orfano[3]). The municipal unit has an area of 200.862 km2.[4] The municipal unit of Orfano has a population of 5,076, and the community of Orfani has 774 inhabitants (2021).[1] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos.
History
In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 167) of 1530, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name Orfana, within the kaza of Zihne.[5] The town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia.[6][7]
References
- ^ 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 A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ De Jure (in English). Hellenic Statistical Authority
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. pp. VII–VIII, 12, 634. ISBN 9789751962386.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ A. Brückner et al., Archiv für Slavische Mitwirkung, 17. Band (1895), "an der Küste Ghrysopolis (Grisopoli der ital. Seekarten), das jetzige Orfano"
- ^ Joachim Lelewel, Géographie du Moyen Âge, tomes III et IV (Bruxelles 1852), "la maritime Χρυσόπολις, Grisopoli, ville d'or, à laquelle les Latins donnèrent le nom de Conlessa, laquelle, déplacée par différents désastres, conserve son nom dans Orfano"