Orfani

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 has a population of 5,249, and the village of Orfani has 706 inhabitants (2011).[1] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos.

"Orfan" redirects here. For the concept in genetics, see Orphan gene.
Orfani
Ορφάνι
Orfani is located in Greece
Orfani
Orfani
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEast Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitKavala
MunicipalityPangaio
 • Municipal unit200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
5,249
 • Municipal unit density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Community
[1]
 • Population706 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΚΒ

History

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
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  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"
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