Neapoli (Greek: Νεάπολη, before 1928: Λειψίστα – Leipsista),[2][3][4] 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.[5] The municipal unit has an area of 238.277 km2, the community 22.001 km2.[6] The municipal unit has a population of 3,246 while the community has 2,063 inhabitants (2021).[1] The community consists of the town Neapoli and village Melidoni.
Neapoli
Νεάπολη | |
|---|---|
  Neapoli Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′N 21°24′E / 40.300°N 21.400°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Voio |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 238.227 km2 (91.980 sq mi) |
| • Community | 22.001 km2 (8.495 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 669 m (2,195 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 3,246 |
| • Municipal unit density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| • Community | 2,063 |
| • Community density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 500 01 |
| Area code(s) | 24680 |
| Vehicle registration | KZ |
Name
editAn original name of modern Neapoli was Lapsista (Λαψίστα).[7] Linguist Max Vasmer states the toponym was Lěvšišče and cognate with the Serbo–Croatian Lepšić, a personal name derived from the Slavic word lěp meaning "nice".[8] Linguist Yordan Zaimov associated the toponym Lapsista with the Bulgarian toponym Lapšišta, deriving both from Lubčište in reference to a personal name formed from Lubko, with bč in Slavic rendered as ps (ψ) in Greek.[8]
Linguist Konstantinos Oikonomou derives the toponym from the Albanian word lafsh/ë referring to the plumage or plume of a rooster.[8] The term when applied in a geographical context could refer to small mountainous heights.[8] The word lafsh/ë along with either the Slavic ending or Albanian suffix ishta resulted in the phonetic form l'afšišta/liafšišta through the Albanian l (l'i) and Leafšišta or Leausista (Λεαυσίστα) where i became e near the l.[9] In the last form of the toponym, the sound ea turned into a and fš became ps (ψ) resulting in Lapsista (Λαψίστα).[7] Other villages with the name are Ano (Upper) and Lower (Kato) Lapsista in Greek Epirus.[10]
Under Ottoman rule, the town was known as Nasliç (ناسليچ) in Turkish.[11][3] In Greek, the form Anaselitsa (Ανασελίτσα), derived from a nearby village Seltsa (modern Eratyra) was also used for the town and the wider area until the late 1920s.[12][13]
History
editMichael Kalinderis lists Leipista as populated by Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[14] The 1920 Greek census recorded 1401 people in the town, and 250 inhabitants (130 families) were Muslim in 1923.[15] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Leipsista were from East Thrace (3), Asia Minor (142), Pontus (85) and the Caucasus (8) in 1926.[15] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1592 town inhabitants.[15] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 239 (978 people).[15] The town mosque was destroyed and some remnants of its masonry were incorporated in the foundations of the Financial Tax Office building.[16]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Leipsista – Neapolis". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ a b Krüger, Eberhard (1984). Die Siedlungsnamen Griechisch-Mazedoniens nach amtlichen Verzeichnissen und Kartenwerken [The settlement names of Greek Macedonia according to official indexes and maps]. Klaus Schwarz Verlag. p. 386. ISBN 9783112400661.
- ^ Kravari, Vassiliki (1989). Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale. Paris: Editions P. Lethielleux. p. 291. ISBN 9782283604526.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Oikonomou 2002, p. 168.
- ^ a b c d Oikonomou 2002, p. 167.
- ^ Oikonomou 2002, pp. 167–168.
- ^ Oikonomou, Konstantinos (2002). Οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων: Γλωσσολογική εξέταση (in Greek). Νομαρχιακή Αυτοδιοίκηση Ιωαννίνων. p. 166. ISBN 9789608316010.
- ^ Hanioğlu, M. Șükrü (2001). Preparation for a Revolution: The Young Turks, 1902-1908. Oxford University Press. p. 229. ISBN 9780199771110.
- ^ Katsikas, Stefanos (2012). "Hostage minority: The Muslims of Greece (1923–45)". In Fortna, Benjamin C.; Katsikas, Stefanos; Kamouzis, Dimitris; Konortas, Paraskevas (eds.). State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims, 1830-1945. Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 9781136220524.
- ^ Kyratsou, Chrysi; Sotiraki, Katerina; Brkljačic, Marko; Prezotto, Joseane (2021). "'Naming the Baby': Music and boundary identities in Zoupanokhoria". Anthropology of East Europe Review. 38 (1): 97.
- ^ Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 13. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 82. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. pp. 288, 386. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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