Prosotsani
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Greek Dimos Prosotsani (Template:Langx, until 1925: Template:Langx - Prosotsani, from 1925 until 1940: Template:Langx - Pyrsopolis[1]) is a municipality and town within the municipality located in the western part of the Drama regional unit in Greece. The 2021 census reported a population of 7,499 inhabitants for the municipal unit, and 3,169 for the town.[2] A local attraction is the cave at the source of the Angitis River, located at the village of Angitis in the community of Kokkinogeia.[3]
History
Prosotsani is a historic town (and a former center of tobacco production) on the foot of Menekio mountain. It was a sub-district in the sanjak in the Selanik vilayet as "Pürsıçan" during Ottoman Era, before the Balkan Wars.
Municipality
The municipality Prosotsani was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, which became municipal units:[4]
- Prosotsani
- Sitagroi
Popular culture
A Turkish TV series has been recorded here from 2007 to 2009. The series, Elvada Rumeli, tells the story of a Turkish milkman who was living with his family in Prosotsani during the forced migration of the Turkish population from Macedonia.
Notable people
- FORG1VEN, professional League of Legends player
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ΕΕΤΑΑ-Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Ελληνικά). Government Gazette.
External links
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