Profitis () is a village and a

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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 2021 census recorded 870 inhabitants in the community. The community of Profitis covers an area of 48.806 km². According to the statistics of

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("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 450

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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 (2021 populations): * Mikrokomi (population 51) *Profitis (population 819)

References

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

Administrative division

See also

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