Dipotamia (Greek: Διποταμία, before 1927: Ρέβανη – Revani;[2] Albanian: Revan)[3] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community includes the villages Kali Vrysi and Mesovracho.

Dipotamia
Διποταμία
Dipotamia is located in Greece
Dipotamia
Dipotamia
Coordinates: 40°29′17″N 20°59′12″E / 40.48806°N 20.98667°E / 40.48806; 20.98667
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityNestorio
Municipal unitAkrites
Population
 (2021)[1]
  Community
391
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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Revani was populated by Albanian speaking Muslim inhabitants and they used to intermarry with the nearby Muslim villages of Menkulas, Vidohovë and Miras (now in Albania).[4][3] The 1920 Greek census recorded 721 people in the village, and 673 inhabitants (85 families) were Muslim in 1923.[5] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, the Muslim population of Revani went to Turkey in 1924 and Anatolian Orthodox Christians settled in the village.[3] Greek refugee families in Revani were from Pontus (130) in 1926.[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 468 inhabitants.[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 128 (493 people).[5] After the population exchange, the site where the village mosque stood was replaced by the present church, the Assumption of the Virgin, built in 1925.[6]

References

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  1. "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.
  2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Revani – Dipotamia". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 de Rapper, Gilles (2010). "Religion on the border: Sanctuaries and Festivals in Post-Communist Albania". In Valtchinova, Galia (ed.). Religion and Boundaries: Studies from the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Turkey. Isis Press. p. 4. ISBN 9789754284126.
  4. Pelagidis 1992, p. 63.
  5. 1 2 3 4 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. 76. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 271. Retrieved 28 March 2022.