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Country
  
Greece

Lowest elevation
  
650 m (2,130 ft)

Postal code
  
500 05

Municipality
  
Eordaia

Municipal unit
  
Mouriki

Highest elevation
  
695 m (2,280 ft)

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code(s)
  
+30-2463-xxx-xxx

Administrative region
  
Western Macedonia

Regional unit
  
Kozani

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Foufas, known before 1927 as Paleor (Παλαιοχώρι), (Greek: Φούφας, Bulgarian: Палеор, Paleor) is a village is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Mouriki, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 575 inhabitants in the village.

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Map of Foufas 500 05, Greece

History

In 1845 the Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Paliora as mainly Bulgarian village. Stefan Verkovich, folklorist from Bosnia, noted in 1889 that there were 50 Bulgarian and 30 Turkish houses in Paleor. On May 11, 1907 during an armed clash with the local villagers the captain from Hellenic Army Foufas (Zaharias Papadas), commander of a Greek paramilitary squad, was killed. In 1932 the village was renamed Foufas (Fufas) after the nickname of Captain Papadas.

References

Foufas Wikipedia