Megaplatanos
Village in Macedonia, Greece
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Megaplatanos (Greek: Μεγαπλάτανος, before 1925: Μπίζοβο – Bizovo[2] Macedonian: Бизово) is a village in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Megaplatanos | |
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  Megaplatanos | |
| Coordinates: 40°56′29″N 21°58′22″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Pella |
| Municipality | Almopia |
| Municipal unit | Aridaia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 452 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Megaplatanos had 382 inhabitants in 1981.[3] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Megaplatanos was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones.[3] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[3] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[3] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[3] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[3] Turkish was possibly spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[3]