Omali, Kozani

Omali Ομαλή
Community
Omali
Coordinates: 40°15.433′N 21°15.908′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Voio
Municipal unit	Tsotyli
Elevation	787 m (2,582 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	60
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	500 02
Area code(s)	+30-2468
Vehicle registration	ΚΖ

Omali (Greek: Ομαλή, before 1927: Πλάζουμη – Plazoumi),^[2] is a village and a community of the Voio municipality.^[3] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Tsotyli, of which it was a municipal district.^[3] The 2021 census recorded 60 inhabitants in the community.^[1] The settlement of Glykokerasia, with a population of 21 people in 2021, is part of the Omali community.

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 240 Greek Christians and 350 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900.^[4]

Plazoumi was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.^[5][6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 488 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[7] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Plazoumi were from East Thrace (13) and Asia Minor (36) in 1926.^[7] The 1928 Greek census recorded 315 village inhabitants.^[7] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 44 (180 people).^[7]

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Plazoumi – Omali". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 45. Written as "Блазомъ (Плазоми)". (in Bulgarian)
5. Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
6. Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 14. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
7. Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 82. Retrieved 26 August 2024.