| Parapotamos | |
| Name Local: | Παραπόταμος |
| Type: | municipal unit |
| Periph: | Epirus |
| Periphunit: | Thesprotia |
| Pop Municunit: | 969 |
| Pop Community: | 634 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Area Municunit: | 60.3 |
| Coordinates: | 39.55°N 40°W |
| Licence: | ΗΝ |
Parapotamos (el|Παραπόταμος, before 1928: Βάρφανη - Varfani[1]) is a village and a former municipality in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Igoumenitsa, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has an area of 60.334 km2.[3] Population 969 (2021). The village of Parapotamos, the former municipality's seat, was home to Cham Albanians, before 1944, when they were expelled for collaborating with Nazi forces.[4] [5]
The name of Parapotamos means "riverside" or "by the river" in the Greek language. The village is known as Varfanj in Albanian, which comes from varfër/varfanjak meaning "poor", thus Varfani, "poor area" or "poor region" in Albanian.