Tsotyli
Municipal unit in Greece
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Tsotyli (Greek: Τσοτύλι, also Τσοτίλι - Tsotili) is a village and former municipality currently part of the Voio municipality. Prior to 2011 local government reforms, it was the seat of the municipality of Tsotyli.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 330.269 km2, the community 25.658 km2.[3] The 2021 census recorded 1,453 residents in the village, and 2,619 residents in the municipal unit of Tsotyli.[1] It is a notable western Greek area, in part for its ancient housing estate (oikotrofeio). The community consists of the villages Tsotyli, Rokastro and the former village Nea Sparti.
Tsotyli
Τσοτύλι | |
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Location within the regional unit | |
  Tsotyli | |
| Coordinates: 40°15.745′N 21°19.5′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kozani |
| Municipality | Voio |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 325.19 km2 (125.56 sq mi) |
| • Community | 25.658 km2 (9.907 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 840 m (2,760 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 2,619 |
| • Municipal unit density | 8.054/km2 (20.86/sq mi) |
| • Community | 1,453 |
| • Community density | 56.63/km2 (146.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 500 02 |
| Area code | +30-2468 |
| Vehicle registration | KZ |
Name
The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the toponym is likely derived from the Albanian word çotill/ë -a, meaning 'stamp, wooden tool used to churn butter'.[4] It stems from the Albanian toçill/ë, -a, 'potter's wheel', which evolved through metathesis from Slavic words for whetstone, rendered as točilo in Bulgarian and točilj in Serbian.[4]
Demographics
Tsotyli was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[5][6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 959 people in the village, and 400 inhabitants (100 families) were Muslim in 1923.[7] Historian Apostolos Vakalopoulos wrote Tsotyli had 40 Christian families and 150 Vallahades families.[5] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsotyli were from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (17) and Pontus (64) in 1926.[7] The 1928 Greek census recorded 852 village inhabitants.[7] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 86 (339 people).[7]
