Papagiannis, Florina

Papagiannis (Greek: Παπαγιάννης; Macedonian Slavic and Bulgarian: Пополжани, Popolžani), known before 1928 as Popozani (Greek: Ποπόζανη), is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece.

Papagiannis Popozani Παπαγιάννης Ποπόζανη
View of the village in 1917
Papagiannis Popozani
Coordinates: 40°50.30′N 21°29.88′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Florina
Municipal unit	Meliti
Population  (2011)[1]
• Rural	581
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Demographics

According to the 2011 census the village had 581 inhabitants.[1] According to a 1993 survey, the village had a predominantly Slavophone community, with Macedonian being spoken primarily be residents over the age of 30.[2]

Notable people from Papagiannis

• Trayan Stelovski (1920–1946) – fighter and activist of the National Liberation Front (NOF), perished with 4 others in a battle against the Greek army on 2 July 1946.
• Zhivko Popov (d. 1946) – fighter and activist of NOF, during the Greek Civil War he was betrayed and encircled by the Greek army, losing his life in a burning barn.

• 
  Stefan Skenderov
  (b. 1855) Exarchate priest and president of the village's IMRO committee. Murdered by the Greek guerrilla band of Captain Vardas.
• 
  Mitsko Solakov (1890 - 1928), prominent activist and member of the IMRO in the Florina and Bitola regions.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Riki Van Boeschoten (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)". Strates. 10.