Foustani
Village in Greece
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Foustani (Greek: Φούστανη; Macedonian: Фуштани, Fuštani) is a village in the municipality Almopia, Pella regional unit, northern Greece. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 333 people.[1]
Foustani
Φούστανη | |
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View of Foustani | |
  Foustani | |
| Coordinates: 41°3′18″N 22°10′35″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Pella |
| Municipality | Almopia |
| Municipal unit | Exaplatanos |
| Highest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 333 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 58003 |
Foustani had 651 inhabitants in 1981.[2] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Foustani was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones.[2] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[2] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[2] Turkish was possibly spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[2]
The refugees replaced the Pomaks who left the village in 1923 as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
A mosque located near the main present church used to exist in the village, later destroyed.[3]
