Agia Paraskevi, Aspropotamos

This article is about the village in Trikala prefecture. For other uses, see Agia Paraskevi (disambiguation).
Agia Paraskevi
Αγία Παρασκευή
Agia Paraskevi
Coordinates: 39°34.1′N 21°15.5′E / 39.5683°N 21.2583°E / 39.5683; 21.2583Coordinates: 39°34.1′N 21°15.5′E / 39.5683°N 21.2583°E / 39.5683; 21.2583
Country Greece
Administrative region Thessaly
Regional unit Trikala
Municipality Kalabaka
Municipal unit Aspropotamos
Highest elevation 1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Lowest elevation 860 m (2,820 ft)
Community
  Population 69
  Area (km2) 29.641
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 420 37
Area code(s) +30-2432-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registration TKx-xxxx

Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή, Aromanian: Giúrgea[1]) is a village and a community of the Kalabaka municipality.[2] Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the community of Aspropotamos, of which it was a communal district.[3][4] The 2011 census recorded 69 residents in the village.[2] The community of Agia Paraskevi covers an area of 29.641 km2.[4]

Aromanians in Agia Paraskevi

The Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi call themselves armâń gurțań.[1] A particularity of the Aromanian dialect in Agia Paraskevi, who speak a Pindus dialect, is that that they have preserved the Latin word for flower, floare, as opposed to the majority of Aromanians that call it lilice or chitcă.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nicolae Saramandu, ed. Manuela Nevaci, Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân [The Linguistic Atlas of the Aromanian Dialect] / Romanian Academy Publishing Press (2014), p. XLVI
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  3. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
  4. 1 2 Πίνακας 3. Πραγματικός πληθυσμός, επιφάνεια και πυκνότητα του πληθυσμού, με διάκριση σε αστικές και αγροτικές περιοχές καθώς και σε πεδινές, ημιορεινές και ορεινές περιοχές. Μέσος σταθμικός των υψομέτρων. (PDF) (in Greek). Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή (Hellenic Statistical Authority). Retrieved 11 December 2013.


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