Fustani
Encyclopedia
Foustani is a village in the municipality Almopia
, Pella regional unit, northern Greece. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 542 people.
and Pontic Greeks
, the latter who replaced the Macedonian Muslims
who left the village in 1923 as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
Almopia
Almopia is a municipality and a former province of the Pella regional unit in Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aridaia. One of the regions of ancient Macedon, north-west of Bottiaea, it corresponds roughly to the Moglena region of medieval and modern times. Ancient...
, Pella regional unit, northern Greece. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 542 people.
Demographics
The village is inhabited by Macedonian speakersMacedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
and Pontic Greeks
Pontic Greeks
The Pontians are an ethnic group traditionally living in the Pontus region, the shores of Turkey's Black Sea...
, the latter who replaced the Macedonian Muslims
Macedonian Muslims
The Macedonian Muslims , also known as Muslim Macedonians, Torbeš, ; , in older sources Pomaks are a minority religious group within the community of ethnic Macedonians who are Muslims...
who left the village in 1923 as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.