Platania, Kozani
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Platania
Πλατανιά | |
|---|---|
  Platania | |
| Coordinates: 40°22.922′N 21°20.86967′E / 40.382033°N 21.34782783°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Voio |
| Municipal unit | Neapoli |
| Elevation | 680 m (2,230 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 88 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 500 01 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2461 |
| Vehicle registration | ΚΖ |
Platania (Greek: Πλατανιά, before 1927: Μπομπούστιον – Bompoustion),[2] is a village and a community in the Voio municipality of Greece.[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Neapoli, of which it was a municipal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 88 inhabitants in the village.[1]
In the late Ottoman period, it was inhabited by Vallahades; in the 1900 statistics of Vasil Kanchov, where the town appears under its Bulgarian name "Bobusht'"/"Bobushta", it was inhabited by some 300 "Greek Muslims".[4]
Bompoustion was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[5][6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 290 people in the village, and 280 inhabitants (50 families) were Muslim in 1923.[7] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Bompoustion were from Pontus (73) in 1926.[7] The 1928 Greek census recorded 213 village inhabitants.[7] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 72 (236 people).[7]
