Foufas
{{Infobox Greek Dimos
|name = Foufas
|name_local = Φούφας
|type = community
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|periph = West Macedonia
|periphunit = Kozani
|municipality = Eordaia
|municunit = Mouriki
|population = 444
|population_as_of = 2021
|area =
|elevation = 670
|coordinates = {{coord|40|31.3|N|21|33.3|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code = 500 05
|area_code = +30-2463
|licence = ΚΖ
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Foufas ({{langx|el|Φούφας}}), known before 1927 as Paleochori ({{langx|el|Παλαιοχώρι}}) and Paleor ({{langx|bg|Палеор}}), is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Mouriki, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 444 inhabitants in the village.
History
In 1845 the Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Paliora as mainly Bulgarian village.[http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Bulgarien/XIX/1840-1860/Grigorovic/text3.phtml?id=2234 Григорович, В. Очеркъ путешествія по Европейской Турціи, Москва, 1877, стр.93.] Stefan Verkovich, folklorist from Bosnia, noted in 1889 that there were 50 Bulgarian and 30 Turkish houses in Paleor.Верковичъ, С.И. „Топографическо-этнографическій очеркъ Македоніи“. Санкт Петербург, 1889, стр.154. On May 11, 1907 during an armed clash with the local villagers the captain from Hellenic Army Foufas (Zaharias Papadas), commander of a Greek paramilitary squad, was killed. In 1932 the village was renamed Foufas (Fufas) after the nickname of Captain Papadas.
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Category:Populated places in Kozani (regional unit)
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