Orfani

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Orfani
Ορφάνι
Orfani is located in Greece
Orfani
Orfani
Location within the regional unit
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Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E / 40.783; 23.950Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E / 40.783; 23.950
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
MunicipalityPangaio
 • Municipal unit200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
5,249
 • Municipal unit density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Community
 • Population706 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΒ

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 has a population of 5,249, and the village of Orfani has 706 inhabitants (2011).[1] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos.

Called Orfano in the 19th century, the town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ De Jure (in English). Hellenic Statistical Authority
  4. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  5. ^ A. Brückner et al., Archiv für Slavische Mitwirkung, 17. Band (1895), "an der Küste Ghrysopolis (Grisopoli der ital. Seekarten), das jetzige Orfano"
  6. ^ 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"


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