Anthotopos
Ανθότοπος | |
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Coordinates: 40°20′10″N 21°40′21″E / 40.33611°N 21.67250°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kozani |
Municipality | Kozani |
Municipal unit | Kozani |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Community | 136 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Postal code | 50150 |
Area code(s) | +30-2461 |
Anthotopos ( Greek: Ανθότοπος) is a village in the municipality of Kozani, Kozani regional unit, Greece. It is situated at an altitude of 758 meters above sea level. The population was 136 at the 2021 census. [1]
During the Ottoman Era the village was known as Kalburcular (Καλπουρτζιλάρ). However it was renamed to Koskinia (Κοσκινιά) in 1927. [2] Later in 1961 it was renamed to Anthotopos. [3]
According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 200 inhabitants lived in Kalburcular (Калбуджиларъ) all Muslim Turks. [4]
The village had a mosque in the past during the Ottoman Era. After the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange, the mosque was used as a church until 1950, when it was demolished. [5]