| Total population | |
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| 60,000[1]-80,000[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Kavala | |
| Languages | |
| Armenian, Greek | |
| Religion | |
| Armenian Apostolic Church |
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Armenian diaspora |
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Armenian: Eastern (Zok) • Western (Homshetsi) Sign languages: Armenian Sign • Caucasian Sign Persian: Armeno-Tat Cuman: Armeno-Kipchak Armenian–Lom: Lomavren |
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The Armenians in Greece (Armenian: Հայերը Հունաստանում, romanized: Hayery Hunastanum; Greek: Αρμένιοι στην Ελλάδα, romanized: Arménioi stin Elláda) are Greek citizens of Armenian descent. The Armenian presence in Greece began centuries ago when Armenians, for various reasons, settled in the wider area of Thessaly, Macedonia (Thessaloniki) and Thrace. Traces of Armenians can also be found on the Greek islands of Crete and Kerkyra (Corfu). The Armenians in Greece however, acquired the character of a community after the 1920s, when 70,000 to 80,000 survivors of the Armenian genocide[3] fled to Greece from Cilicia, Smyrna, Ionia, Constantinople and other regions of Asia Minor, scattering all over Greece.
Today, immigration to North America has diminished the Armenian population of Greece. The number now counts for roughly 20,000–35,000 Armenians.
- ^ Dilsijian, Leonidas (24 April 2007). "Armenians in Greece". University of California, Irvine.
...Greece's 60,000-strong Armenian community...
- ^ Bedevyan, Astghik (18 January 2011). "Հունաստանի հայ համայնքը պատրաստվում է Հայաստանի նախագահի հետ հանդիպմանը [Armenian community of Greece preparing for the meeting with the Armenian president]" (in Armenian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Armenian Service. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Paulston, Christina Bratt; Peckham, Donald (1998). Linguistic minorities in central and eastern Europe. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. p. 72. ISBN 1853594164.