Parapotamos

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Parapotamos Παραπόταμος
Municipal unit
Location within the regional unit
Parapotamos Location within Greece
Coordinates: 39°33′N 20°20′E / 39.550°N 20.333°E / 39.550; 20.333
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Thesprotia
Municipality	Igoumenitsa
Area
• Municipal unit	60.3 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Municipal unit	969
• Municipal unit density	16.1/km2 (41.6/sq mi)
• Community	634
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΗΝ

Parapotamos (Greek: Παραπόταμος, before 1928: Βάρφανη - Varfani) 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. The municipal unit has an area of 60.334 km². 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.

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.

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