Orfani

Orfani Ορφάνι
Orfani
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°ECoordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Kavala
Municipality	Pangaio
Population (2001)[1]
• Municipal unit	5,140
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration	ΚΒ

Orfani (Turkish: Örfihane,Greek: Ορφάνι, formerly Ορφάνιον - Orfanion) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit.^[2] The municipal unit has a population 5,140 (2001).^[3] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos. The village of Orfani has 708 inhabitants (2001).^[4]

Called Orfano in the 19th century, the town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia.^[5][6]

References

1. De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
3. .statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf.(Greek) Data from the 2001 census, at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ), www.statistics.gr
4. .(Greek) Data from the 2001 census, at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ), www.statistics.gr
5. A. Brückner et al., Archiv für Slavische Mitwirkung, 17. Band (1895), "an der Küste Ghrysopolis (Grisopoli der ital. Seekarten), das jetzige Orfano"
6. Joachim Lelewel, Géographie du Moyen Âge, tomes III et IV (Bruxelles 1852), "la maritime Χρυσόπολις, Grisopoli, ville d'or, à laquelle les Latins donnèrent le nom de Conlessa, laquelle, déplacée par différents désastres, conserve son nom dans Orfano"

• Orfani at GEOnet Names Server