Piperies

Piperies (Πιπεριές, before 1926: Μπίτζιο Μαχαλά - Bitzio Machala ) is a village in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece.

Piperies had 481 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Piperies was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek-Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones. The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it. Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it. Turkish was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.