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Tsotyli

Municipal unit in Greece

Tsotyli Τσοτύλι
Municipal unit
40°15.745′N 21°19.5′E / 40.262417°N 21.3250°E / 40.262417; 21.3250
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Voio
Area
• Municipal unit	325.19 km² (125.56 sq mi)
• Community	25.658 km² (9.907 sq mi)
Elevation	840 m (2,760 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	2,619
• Municipal unit density	8.1/km² (21/sq mi)
• Community	1,453
• Community density	57/km² (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	500 02
Area code(s)	+30-2468
Vehicle registration	KZ

Tsotyli (Greek: Τσοτύλι, also Τσοτίλι - Tsotili) is a village and former municipality currently part of the Voio municipality. Prior to 2011 local government reforms, it was the seat of the municipality of Tsotyli.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 330.269 km², the community 25.658 km².^[3] The 2021 census recorded 1,453 residents in the village, and 2,619 residents in the municipal unit of Tsotyli.^[1] It is a notable western Greek area, in part for its ancient housing estate (oikotrofeio). The community consists of the villages Tsotyli, Rokastro and the former village Nea Sparti.

Tsotyli was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.^[4]^[5] The 1920 Greek census recorded 959 people in the village, and 400 inhabitants (100 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[6] Historian Apostolos Vakalopoulos wrote Tsotyli had 40 Christian families and 150 Vallahades families.^[4] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsotyli were from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (17) and Pontus (64) in 1926.^[6] The 1928 Greek census recorded 852 village inhabitants.^[6] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 86 (339 people).^[6]

References

^ ^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.
^ "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 Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
^ 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, 14. 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. 83. Retrieved 26 August 2024.