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Orfani

Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E / 40.783; 23.950
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Orfani
Ορφάνι
Orfani is located in Greece
Orfani
Orfani
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E / 40.783; 23.950
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
MunicipalityPangaio
Area
 • Municipal unit200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Municipal unit
5,076
 • Municipal unit density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
 • Community
774
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΒ

Orfani (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] (municipal unit of Orfano[3]). The municipal unit has an area of 200.862 km2.[4] The municipal unit of Orfano has a population of 5,076, and the community of Orfani has 774 inhabitants (2021).[1] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos.

History

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In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 167) of 1530, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name Orfana, within the kaza of Zihne.[5] The town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ De Jure (in English). Hellenic Statistical Authority
  4. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  5. ^ Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. pp. VII–VIII, 12, 634. ISBN 9789751962386.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ A. Brückner et al., Archiv für Slavische Mitwirkung, 17. Band (1895), "an der Küste Ghrysopolis (Grisopoli der ital. Seekarten), das jetzige Orfano"
  7. ^ 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"