Peraia, Pella

Peraia (Greek: Περαία, before 1927: Κότσανα – Kotsana^[2]) is a village in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece, on the bank of Lake Vegoritida. The village is located south of the town of Arnissa within the Vegoritida municipal unit, which belongs to the municipality of Edessa.

Peraia Περαία
Community
Peraia
Coordinates: 40°44′17″N 21°49′19″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Pella
Municipality	Edessa
Municipal unit	Edessa
Government
• Mayor	Ioannis Tsepkentzis (since 2023)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	309
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	58002
Area code(s)	+30 (23810)

Demographics

The village was formerly inhabited by a Turkish-speaking Muslim population.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 1,404 people in the village, and in 1923, there were 1,300 who were Muslim.^[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Kotsana, there were 203 refugee families from Asia Minor in 1926.^[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 586 village inhabitants.^[3] In 1928, there were 136 refugee families (588 people).^[3]

The Greek refugees came from locations in Asia Minor, including Kuri, Peladari, Tsanakalai, Appoloniatha, as well as Armenia.

The current population is estimated at 300.