Foufas is a village located in Mouriki

Mouriki

Mouriki is a former municipality in Kozani peripheral unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Eordaia, of which it is a municipal unit. The population in 2001 was 4,896. The seat of the municipality was in Emporio....

 municipal unit, Eordaia

Eordaia

Eordaia is a municipality in the Kozani peripheral unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Ptolemaida.-Municipality:The municipality Eordaia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:*Agia...

 municipality, Kozani peripheral unit, within the Greek

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 region of Macedonia

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. It is situated at an altitude of 670 meters above sea level

Sea level

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. The postal code is 50005, while the telephone code is +30 24630. As of the 1991 census, the population was 827.

History

In 1845 the Russian

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 slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Paliora as mainly Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 village. Stefan Verkovich, folklorist from Bosnia, noted in 1889 that there were 50 Bulgarian and 30 Turkish houses in Paleor.

On May 11, 1907 during an armed clash with the local villagers the captain from Hellenic Army

Hellenic Army

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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.