Polypotamo
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Polypotamo
Πολυπόταμο | |
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  Polypotamo | |
| Coordinates: 40°43′3″N 21°22′1″E / 40.71750°N 21.36694°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Perasma |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 243 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Polypotamo (Greek: Πολυπόταμο, before 1927: Νερέτη – Nereti)[2] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
[3] Pre–war and post–war immigration from Polypotamo led to the formation of a diaspora and most of the village population lives abroad in the northern suburbs of Melbourne in Australia.[4]
In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Polypotamo was populated by Slavophones.[3] The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[3] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[3]
Anthropologist Loring Danforth (1997) wrote 1,500 people from the village resided in Melbourne, Australia with most identifying as Macedonian.[5] People who live in the village itself all identify as Greek.[5]