Agia Paraskevi, Aspropotamos
Agia Paraskevi
Αγία Παρασκευή | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
  Agia Paraskevi | |
| Coordinates: 39°34.1′N 21°15.5′E / 39.5683°N 21.2583°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Thessaly |
| Regional unit | Trikala |
| Municipality | Meteora |
| Municipal unit | Aspropotamos |
| • Community | 29.641 km2 (11.444 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,000 m (3,000 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 860 m (2,820 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Community | 69 |
| • Community density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 420 37 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2432-xxx-xxx |
| Vehicle registration | TKx-xxxx |
Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή, [2]) is a village and a community of the Meteora municipality.[1] Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the community of Aspropotamos, of which it was a communal district.[3] The 2011 census recorded 69 residents in the village.[1] The community of Agia Paraskevi covers an area of 29.641 km2.[4]
Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi
The local Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi call themselves in singular armâń gurțań.[2] A particularity of the Aromanian dialect in Agia Paraskevi, who speak a Pindus dialect, is that they have preserved the Latin word for flower, floare, as opposed to the majority of Aromanians that call it lilice or chitcă.[2] They are all Orthodox Christians who worship at the Meteora monasteries located nearby to the village.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ a b c Nicolae Saramandu, ed. Manuela Nevaci, Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân [The Linguistic Atlas of the Aromanian Dialect] / Romanian Academy Publishing Press (2014), p. XLVI
- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
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