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Profitis ( el, Προφήτης) is a village and a
community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform, it was part of the municipality of Egnatia, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 935 inhabitants in the village and 996 in the community. The community of Profitis covers an area of 48.806 km2. According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 450 Greek
Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
lived in the village in 1900. Kanchov, Vasil, ,
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, 1900, book 2, p. 11. Written as "Клисели". (in Bulgarian)


Administrative division

The community of Profitis consists of two separate settlements: *
Mikrokomi Mikrokomi ( el, Μικροκώμη, ) is a village and a community of the Volvi municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Egnatia. The 2011 census recorded 61 inhabitants in the village. Mikrokomi is ...
(population 61) *Profitis (population 935) The aforementioned populations are as of 2011.


See also

* List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit


References

{{Volvi div Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)