Agia Paraskevi, Aspropotamos

This article is about the village in Trikala prefecture. For other uses, see Agia Paraskevi (disambiguation).
Agia Paraskevi
Αγία Παρασκευή
Agia Paraskevi
Coordinates: 39°34.1′N 21°15.5′E / 39.5683°N 21.2583°E / 39.5683; 21.2583Coordinates: 39°34.1′N 21°15.5′E / 39.5683°N 21.2583°E / 39.5683; 21.2583
Country Greece
Administrative region Thessaly
Regional unit Trikala
Municipality Kalabaka
Municipal unit Aspropotamos
Highest elevation 1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Lowest elevation 860 m (2,820 ft)
Community[1]
  Population 69 (2011)
  Area (km2) 29.641
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 420 37
Area code(s) +30-2432-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registration TKx-xxxx

Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή, Aromanian: Giúrgea[2]) is a village and a community of the Kalabaka 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 in Agia Paraskevi

The Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi call themselves 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. 1 2 3 Nicolae Saramandu, ed. Manuela Nevaci, Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân [The Linguistic Atlas of the Aromanian Dialect] / Romanian Academy Publishing Press (2014), p. XLVI
  3. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.


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