Agia Paraskevi
Αγία Παρασκευή
Community
Agia Paraskevi is located in Greece
Agia Paraskevi
Agia Paraskevi
Coordinates: 39°34.1′N 21°15.5′E / 39.5683°N 21.2583°E / 39.5683; 21.2583
CountryGreece
Administrative regionThessaly
Regional unitTrikala
MunicipalityMeteora
Municipal unitAspropotamos
Area
 • Community29.641 km2 (11.444 sq mi)
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community30
 • Density1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
420 37
Area code(s)+30-2432
Vehicle registrationTK

Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή, [2]) is a village and a community of the Meteora municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the community of Aspropotamos, of which it was a communal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 30 residents in the village.[1] The community of Agia Paraskevi covers an area of 29.641 km2.[4]

Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi

The local Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi call themselves in singular armâń gurțań.[2] A particularity of the Aromanian dialect in Agia Paraskevi, who speak a Pindus dialect, is that they have preserved the Latin word for flower, floare, as opposed to the majority of Aromanians that call it lilice or chitcă.[2] They are all Orthodox Christians who worship at the Meteora monasteries located nearby to the village.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού κατά δημοτική κοινότητα" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Nicolae Saramandu, ed. Manuela Nevaci, Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân [The Linguistic Atlas of the Aromanian Dialect] / Romanian Academy Publishing Press (2014), p. XLVI
  3. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (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.


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