Orfani

Orfani
Ορφάνι
Orfani

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
Country Greece
Administrative region East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit Kavala
Municipality Pangaio
 • Municipal unit 200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit 5,249
 • Municipal unit density 26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Community[1]
 • Population 706 (2011)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration ΚΒ

Orfani (Turkish: Örfihane,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] The municipal unit has an area of 200.862 km2.[3] 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.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ↑ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. ↑ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ↑ A. Brückner et al., Archiv für Slavische Mitwirkung, 17. Band (1895), "an der Küste Ghrysopolis (Grisopoli der ital. Seekarten), das jetzige Orfano"
  5. ↑ 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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