Polyplatano, Florina
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Polyplatano
Πολυπλάτανο | |
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  Polyplatano | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′40″N 21°24′25″E / 40.87778°N 21.40694°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Kato Kleines |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 207 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Polyplatano (Greek: Πολυπλάτανο, before 1926: Κλαμπουσίστα – Klampousista)[2] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 628 people in the village, and 45 inhabitants (11 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Klampousista were from Pontus (29) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 742 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 29 (128 people).[3]
Polyplatano had 428 inhabitants in 1981.[4] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Polyplatano was populated by Slavophones and a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange.[4] The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[4] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[4] Pontic Greek was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[4]