Piperies
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Piperies | |
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  Piperies | |
| Coordinates: 40°58′13″N 22°1′0″E / 40.97028°N 22.01667°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Pella |
| Municipality | Almopia |
| Municipal unit | Aridaia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 447 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Piperies (Greek: Πιπεριές, before 1926: Μπίτζιο Μαχαλά – Bitzio Machala[2] Macedonian: Биџова Маала) is a village in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Piperies had 481 inhabitants in 1981.[3] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Piperies 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 spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[3]