Meliti ( el, Δήμος Μελίτης) is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Florina regional unit,

West Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional unit ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Florina Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 269.477 km². The seat of the municipality was in Neochoraki.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Meliti is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Neochoraki (Neochoraki, Agios Athanasios) * Achlada (Achlada, Ano Achlada, Giourouki) *

Vevi Vevi ( el, Βεύη, before 1926: Μπάνιτσα - ''Banitsa'', before 1928: Μπάνιτσα - ''Banitsa''; Macedonian and bg, Баница, ''Banica'' or ''Banitsa'') is a village located in the municipal unit of Meliti in Florina regional ...

* Itea *

Lofoi Lofoi ( el, Λόφοι, before 1928: Ζαπύρδανη - ''Zapyrdani''; Bulgarian: Забърдени; Macedonian: Забрдени, ''Zabrdeni'') is a village in the Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece, located 15 km east of ...

* Meliti * Palaistra * Pappagiannis *

Sitaria Sitaria ( el, Σιταριά, before 1926: Ρόσνα - ''Rosna''; Bulgarian/ mk, Росен / Росна, ''Rosen'' / ''Rosna'') is a village in the Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. History The village with the name "Rosna" i ...

* Skopos * Tripotamos

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the population of Meliti Municipality was 7,803 people. The municipality has a mixed population of Slavophone Greeks and the descendants of

Greek refugees Greek refugees is a collective term used to refer to the more than one million Greek Orthodox natives of Asia Minor, Thrace and the Black Sea areas who fled during the Greek genocide (1914-1923) and Greece's later defeat in the Greco-Turkish War ...

from

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References

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Meliti Municipality
Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Populated places in Florina (regional unit) {{WMacedonia-geo-stub bg:Вощарани (дем)