Kallithea, Florina

Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, before 1928: Ρούδαρι – Roudari[2]) is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in West Macedonia, Greece.

Kallithea
Kallithea is located in Greece
Kallithea
Kallithea
Coordinates: 40°47′56″N 21°9′17″E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityPrespes
Municipal unitPrespes
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Rural
117
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Demographics

In the early 1900s, 270 Slavonic speaking Christians lived in the village.[3] After the Greek Civil War, only 10 Macedonian speaking families remained and the abandoned houses of those that fled were settled by Aromanians.[3] They were from a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians known as the Arvanitovlachs, and the Greek government assisted them to settle in depopulated villages of the Prespa region like Kallithea during the 1950s.[4] The Aromanians originated from Giannitsa and the region of Epirus.[5]

Kallithea had 170 inhabitants in 1981.[6] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Kallithea was populated by Aromanians and Slavophones.[6]

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Roudari – Mikrolimni". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 136. "Рудари.... Во 1900 год. имало ок. 270 жит. М... Во Рудари по револуцијата има само ок. 10 мак. семејства. Во напуштените куќи од избеганите Македонци живеат Власи."
  4. Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 304. ISBN 9789607760869.
  5. Vatsikopoulos, Helen (2020). "Memories of Abandonment and Ruination in Prespa, Greek Macedonia". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. 38 (2): 430. "1,700 Vlach nomad pastoralists were resettled in Prespa. Those from Epirus and Yiannitsa were resettled in Ayios Germanos and Kallithea"
  6. Van Boeschoten, Riki (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)" [Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia)]. Strates. 10. Table 3: Kallithea, 170; V, S; V = Valaques (Aroumains), S = Slavophones"
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