Polyplatano (, before 1926: Κλαμπουσίστα – ''Klampousista'') is a village in Florina Regional Unit,

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. The 1920 Greek census recorded 628 people in the village, and 45 inhabitants (11 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the

Greek–Turkish population exchange The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. It involv ...

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families in Klampousista were from

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(29) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 742 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 29 (128 people). Polyplatano had 428 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Polyplatano was populated by Slavophones and a

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population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange. The

Macedonian language Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Sp ...

was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.

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was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private. para.1. "l’arvanitika (proche de l’albanais)"; Table 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924); Table 3: Poliplatanos, 428; S, R, M1, P3; S = Slavophones, R = Refugiés, M = macédonien, P = dialecte pontique"

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{{Florina div Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Florina