Foustani ( el, Φούστανη; mk, Фуштани, ''Fuštani)'' is a village in the municipality

Almopia Almopia ( el, Αλμωπία), or Enotia, also known in the Middle Ages as Moglena (Greek: Μογλενά, Macedonian and Bulgarian: Меглен or Мъглен), is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) of the Pella regional uni ...

, Pella regional unit, northern Greece. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 454 people. Foustani had 651 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Foustani was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek-Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones. The

Macedonian language Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around two million ...

was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

was possibly spoken by people over 60, mainly in private. Table 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924); Table 4: Foustani, 651; R, S, M2, T3?; R = Refugiés, S = Slavophones, M = macédonien, T = turc" The refugees replaced the Pomaks who left the village in 1923 as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. A mosque located near the main present church used to exist in the village, later destroyed.

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Populated places in Pella (regional unit) {{CMacedonia-geo-stub