Peponia, Kozani

Community in Greece

Peponia Πεπονιά
Community
40°17.5667′N 21°24.582′E / 40.2927783°N 21.409700°E / 40.2927783; 21.409700
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Voio
Municipal unit	Neapoli
Elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	48
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	500 01
Area code(s)	+30-2468
Vehicle registration	ΚΖ

Peponia (Greek: Πεπονιά, before 1927: Λάη – Lai),^[2] is a village and a community of the Voio municipality.^[3] In the late Ottoman period, it was inhabited by Vallahades; in the 1900 statistics of Vasil Kanchov, where the town appears under its Bulgarian name "Laya", it was inhabited by some 300 "Greek Muslims".^[4] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Neapoli, of which it was a municipal district.^[3] The 2021 census recorded 48 inhabitants in the village.^[1]

The 1920 Greek census recorded 321 people in the village, and 250 inhabitants (60 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[5] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Lai were from East Thrace (26), Asia Minor (4) and Pontus (60) in 1926.^[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 338 village inhabitants.^[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 88 (323 people).^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Lai – Peponia". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p46. (in Bulgarian)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 82. Retrieved 26 August 2024.