Parapotamos

Not to be confused with Parapotamos, Larissa.

Parapotamos (Greek: Παραπόταμος, before 1928: Βάρφανη - Varfani^[2]) is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.^[3] The municipal unit has an area of 60.334 km².^[4] Population 969 (2021). The village of Parapotamos, the former municipality's seat, was home to Cham Albanians, before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.^[5][6]

Parapotamos Παραπόταμος
Municipal unit
Parapotamos Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 39°33′N 20°20′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Thesprotia
Municipality	Igoumenitsa
Area
• Municipal unit	60.3 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	969
• Municipal unit density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Community	634
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΗΝ

Name

The name of Parapotamos means "riverside" or "by the river" in the Greek language. The village is known as Varfanj in Albanian, which comes from varfër/varfanjak meaning "poor", thus Varfani, "poor area" or "poor region" in Albanian.