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|mayor = Nikos Paroutoglou<ref name=mayor>[https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9042/ Municipality of Almopia, Municipal elections – October 2023], Ministry of Interior</ref>
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'''Almopia''' ({{lang-el|Αλμωπία}}), or '''Enotia''', also known in the Middle Ages as '''Moglena''' (Greek: Μογλενά, [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Меглен or Мъглен), is a municipality and a former [[Provinces of Greece|province]] (επαρχία) of the [[Pella (regional unit)|Pella]] regional unit in [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. The seat of the municipality is the town '''[[Aridaia]]'''.<ref name=Kallikratis>[http://www.kedke.gr/uploads2010/FEKB129211082010_kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law] Greece Ministry of Interior {{in lang|el}}</ref> The municipality has an area of 985.817&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref>
'''Almopia''' ({{lang-el|Αλμωπία}}), or '''Enotia''' (Greek: Ενωτία), also known in the Middle Ages as '''Moglena''' (Greek: Μογλενά, [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] and [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Меглен or Мъглен), is a municipality and a former [[Provinces of Greece|province]] (επαρχία) of the [[Pella (regional unit)|Pella]] regional unit in [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. The seat of the municipality is the town [[Aridaia]].<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipality has an area of 985.817&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref>


==Name and history==
==Name and history==
[[File:Macedonian Kingdom.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Almopia located in the central districts of the kingdom.]]
[[File:Macedonian Kingdom.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Almopia located in the central districts of the kingdom.]]


The name Almopia ({{lang-grc|Ἀλμωπία}}, ''Almōpia'') derives from the [[Almopes]] ({{lang|grc|Ἀλμῶπες}}), a [[Paeonia (kingdom)|Paeonia]]n tribe that originally inhabited the area during Antiquity. The Almopes traced their descent to the eponymous mythological figure of [[Almops]], son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Helle (mythology)|Helle]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = Leonhard Schmitz | title = Almops | editor = William Smith | editor-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 132 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=147}}</ref> According to [[Thucidydes]], the Almopes were expelled from the region when it was incorporated into the [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|ancient Macedonian kingdom]] during the reign of [[Alexander I of Macedon|Alexander I]] (r. 498–454 BC).<ref>Thucydides, ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', [[:wikisource:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 2|II.99]]</ref> The 2nd-century astronomer and geographer [[Claudius Ptolemy]] records three cities in the region in his ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]'': [[Horma (Almopia)|Horma]] ({{lang|grc|Ὅρμα}}), [[Europus (Almopia)|Europos]] ({{lang|grc|Εὔρωπος}}) and [[Apsalos]] ({{lang|grc|Ἄψαλος}}).
The name Almopia ({{lang-grc|Ἀλμωπία}}, ''Almōpia'') derives from the [[Almopes]] ({{lang|grc|Ἀλμῶπες}}), a [[Paeonia (kingdom)|Paeonia]]n tribe that originally inhabited the area before being expelled from the region during the reign of [[Alexander I of Macedon|Alexander I]] (r. 498–454 BC) when Almopia was incorporated into the [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|ancient Macedonian kingdom]].<ref>Thucydides, ''History of the Peloponnesian War'', [[wikisource:History of the Peloponnesian War/Book 2|II.99]]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Roisman|first1=Joseph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsJ183uUDkMC|title=A Companion to Ancient Macedonia|last2=Worthington|first2=Ian|date=2011-07-07|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-5163-7|pages=75|language=en}}</ref> The Almopes traced their descent to the eponymous mythological figure of [[Almops]], son of the Greek God [[Poseidon]] and [[Helle (mythology)|Helle]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | author-link = Leonhard Schmitz | title = Almops | editor = William Smith | editor-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 132 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=147}}</ref> The 2nd-century astronomer and geographer [[Claudius Ptolemy]] records three cities in the region in his ''[[Geography (Ptolemy)|Geography]]'': [[Horma (Almopia)|Horma]] ({{lang|grc|Ὅρμα}}), [[Europus (Almopia)|Europos]] ({{lang|grc|Εὔρωπος}}) and [[Apsalos]] ({{lang|grc|Ἄψαλος}}).


In the early [[Byzantine]] period, the area was renamed to Enotia (Greek: Ενωτία) after a nearby fortress, probably in the vicinity of modern [[Notia]]. The name was revived between 1915 and 1927 for the Greek province as well.<ref name="Koliadymou">{{cite book | author = Agni K. Koliadymou | title = Από την Αξό Καππαδοκίας στο Νομό Πέλλας: Προσφυγικές Διαδρομές (1890–1940) | location = Thessaloniki | year = 2006 | page = 117 | url = http://invenio.lib.auth.gr/record/66750/files/gri-2007-081.pdf?version=1 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGfC5kkMS5prHdtvSoClrL8aHyK_kVuaY55MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyIq-BTkXB0ftEAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIub6owvrRgK_p2HBNxjwkNDP-1xQGbT_7UnlXiGTq7myN ΦΕΚ 304/27-12-1927]</ref>
In the early [[Byzantine]] period, the area was renamed to Enotia (Greek: Ενωτία) after a nearby fortress, probably in the vicinity of modern [[Notia]]. The name was revived between 1915 and 1927 for the Greek province as well.<ref name="Koliadymou">{{cite book | author = Agni K. Koliadymou | title = Από την Αξό Καππαδοκίας στο Νομό Πέλλας: Προσφυγικές Διαδρομές (1890–1940) | location = Thessaloniki | year = 2006 | page = 117 | url = http://invenio.lib.auth.gr/record/66750/files/gri-2007-081.pdf?version=1 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGfC5kkMS5prHdtvSoClrL8aHyK_kVuaY55MXD0LzQTLWPU9yLzB8V68knBzLCmTXKaO6fpVZ6Lx3UnKl3nP8NxdnJ5r9cmWyIq-BTkXB0ftEAEhATUkJb0x1LIdQ163nV9K--td6SIub6owvrRgK_p2HBNxjwkNDP-1xQGbT_7UnlXiGTq7myN ΦΕΚ 304/27-12-1927]</ref>


In the later [[Middle Ages]], the area was known as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, {{lang-mk|Меглен}}, {{lang-bg|Мъглен}}), from the [[South Slavic languages|Slavic]] word for "fog".<ref>{{cite book | author = Wolfgang Dahmen | author2 = Johannes Kramer | chapter = Das Meglenorumänische | title = Rumänistik in der Diskussion | location = Tübingen | year= 1986 | isbn = 3-87808-859-0 | page = 262 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d0_mulifZSQC&pg=PA262}}</ref> Until the early 11th century, Moglena was a province of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]]. Captured by the Byzantine emperor [[Basil II]] in 1015, it is attested as the seat of a bishopric in 1020, and as capital of its own [[theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] in 1086. The area remained under Byzantine rule until the aftermath of the [[Fourth Crusade]], when it was captured by Tsar [[Kaloyan]] of the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]].<ref name= "ODB">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Kazhdan | first = Alexander | authorlink = Alexander Kazhdan | title = Moglena | page = 1389 | editor-last=Kazhdan | editor-first=Alexander | editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan | year=1991 | encyclopedia = [[The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | location = Oxford and New York | publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-504652-6}}</ref> It was incorporate in the [[Serbian Empire]] by [[Stefan Dušan]] in 1346. Moglena was inhabited mainly by [[Megleno-Romanians]] and Slavic people. In [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] times, the region was also known by its Turkish name Karacova or Karadjova valley ("Black Valley", Greek: Καρατζόβα).
In the later [[Middle Ages]], the area was known as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, {{lang-mk|Меглен}}, {{lang-bg|Мъглен}}), from the [[South Slavic languages|Slavic]] word for "fog".<ref>{{cite book | author = Wolfgang Dahmen | author2 = Johannes Kramer | chapter = Das Meglenorumänische | title = Rumänistik in der Diskussion | location = Tübingen | year= 1986 | isbn = 3-87808-859-0 | page = 262 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d0_mulifZSQC&pg=PA262}}</ref> Until the early 11th century, Moglena was a province of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]]. Captured by the Byzantine emperor [[Basil II]] in 1015, it is attested as the seat of a bishopric in 1020, and as capital of its own [[theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] in 1086. The area remained under Byzantine rule until the aftermath of the [[Fourth Crusade]], when it was captured by Tsar [[Kaloyan]] of the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]].<ref name= "ODB">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Kazhdan | first = Alexander | author-link = Alexander Kazhdan | title = Moglena | page = 1389 | editor-last=Kazhdan | editor-first=Alexander | editor-link=Alexander Kazhdan | year=1991 | encyclopedia = [[The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | location = Oxford and New York | publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-504652-6}}</ref> It was incorporate in the [[Serbian Empire]] by [[Stefan Dušan]] in 1346. Moglena was inhabited mainly by [[Megleno-Romanians]] and Slavic people. In [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] times, the region was also known by its Turkish name '''Karacova''' or Karadjova valley ("Black Valley", Greek: Καρατζόβα) or in [[Ottoman Turkish]]: كاراجاوا.


Until the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)]] and the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]] in 1924, Muslim [[Vlachs]] and fatihan a large part of the regions of Moglena.<ref>[[Theodor Capidan]], [http://www.unibuc.ro/CLASSICA/megleno1/introducere.pdf ''Meglenoromânii, istoria şi graiul lor''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://www.unibuc.ro/CLASSICA/megleno1/introducere.pdf|date=2016-03-03}}, vol. I, București, 1925, p.5, 19, 21-22)
Until the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)]] and the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]] in 1924, Muslim Macedonian Slavs and Megleno-Romanians made up part of the population.<ref>[[Theodor Capidan]], [http://www.unibuc.ro/CLASSICA/megleno1/introducere.pdf ''Meglenoromânii, istoria şi graiul lor''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://www.unibuc.ro/CLASSICA/megleno1/introducere.pdf|date=2016-03-03}}, vol. I, București, 1925, p.5, 19, 21-22)


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Almopia
Αλμωπία
Municipality
Almopia is located in Greece
Almopia
Almopia
Location within the region
Coordinates: 40°58′N 22°03′E / 40.967°N 22.050°E / 40.967; 22.050
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitPella
Government
 • MayorNikos Paroutoglou[1] (since 2023)
Area
 • Municipality985.8 km2 (380.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality24,969
 • Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Almopia (Template:Lang-el), or Enotia (Greek: Ενωτία), also known in the Middle Ages as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, Macedonian and Bulgarian: Меглен or Мъглен), is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) of the Pella regional unit in Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aridaia.[3] The municipality has an area of 985.817 km2.[4]

Name and history

Map of the Kingdom of Macedon with Almopia located in the central districts of the kingdom.

The name Almopia (Template:Lang-grc, Almōpia) derives from the Almopes (Ἀλμῶπες), a Paeonian tribe that originally inhabited the area before being expelled from the region during the reign of Alexander I (r. 498–454 BC) when Almopia was incorporated into the ancient Macedonian kingdom.[5][6] The Almopes traced their descent to the eponymous mythological figure of Almops, son of the Greek God Poseidon and Helle.[7] The 2nd-century astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy records three cities in the region in his Geography: Horma (Ὅρμα), Europos (Εὔρωπος) and Apsalos (Ἄψαλος).

In the early Byzantine period, the area was renamed to Enotia (Greek: Ενωτία) after a nearby fortress, probably in the vicinity of modern Notia. The name was revived between 1915 and 1927 for the Greek province as well.[8][9]

In the later Middle Ages, the area was known as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, Template:Lang-mk, Template:Lang-bg), from the Slavic word for "fog".[10] Until the early 11th century, Moglena was a province of the First Bulgarian Empire. Captured by the Byzantine emperor Basil II in 1015, it is attested as the seat of a bishopric in 1020, and as capital of its own theme in 1086. The area remained under Byzantine rule until the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, when it was captured by Tsar Kaloyan of the Second Bulgarian Empire.[11] It was incorporate in the Serbian Empire by Stefan Dušan in 1346. Moglena was inhabited mainly by Megleno-Romanians and Slavic people. In Ottoman times, the region was also known by its Turkish name Karacova or Karadjova valley ("Black Valley", Greek: Καρατζόβα) or in Ottoman Turkish: كاراجاوا.

Until the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1924, Muslim Macedonian Slavs and Megleno-Romanians made up part of the population.[12]

Municipality

The municipality Almopia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[3]

Province

The province of Almopia (Επαρχία Αλμωπίας) was one of the three provinces of Pella Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality of Almopia.[13] It was abolished in 2006.

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipality of Almopia, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, II.99
  6. ^ Roisman, Joseph; Worthington, Ian (2011-07-07). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. John Wiley & Sons. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-4443-5163-7.
  7. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Almops". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 132.
  8. ^ Agni K. Koliadymou (2006). Από την Αξό Καππαδοκίας στο Νομό Πέλλας: Προσφυγικές Διαδρομές (1890–1940) (PDF). Thessaloniki. p. 117.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ ΦΕΚ 304/27-12-1927
  10. ^ Wolfgang Dahmen; Johannes Kramer (1986). "Das Meglenorumänische". Rumänistik in der Diskussion. Tübingen. p. 262. ISBN 3-87808-859-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Moglena". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1389. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
  12. ^ Theodor Capidan, Meglenoromânii, istoria şi graiul lor Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, vol. I, București, 1925, p.5, 19, 21-22) https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Eh2Z9rLnJgEq9lq_sdheHYO3HbZAzveGYWEUSeakiE/edit?usp=drivesdk
  13. ^ "Detailed census results 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. (39 MB) (in Greek and French)
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