Foustani

Foustani (Greek: Φούστανη; Macedonian: Фуштани, Fuštani) is a village in the municipality Almopia, Pella regional unit, northern Greece. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 333 people.^[1]

Foustani Φούστανη
Community
View of Foustani
Foustani
Coordinates: 41°3′18″N 22°10′35″E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Pella
Municipality	Almopia
Municipal unit	Exaplatanos
Highest elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	333
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	58003

Foustani had 651 inhabitants in 1981.^[2] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Foustani was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones.^[2] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.^[2] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.^[2] Turkish was possibly spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.^[2]

The refugees replaced the Pomaks who left the village in 1923 as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

A mosque located near the main present church used to exist in the village, later destroyed.^[3]