Neos Kafkasos
Neos Kafkasos (Greek: Νέος Καύκασος) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
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| Coordinates: 40°53′26″N 21°28′23″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Kato Kleines |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Rural | 229 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, the Greek state organised the resettlement of Greek refugees and in the Florina area a new border village was built for them called Neos Kafkasos.[2] In 1926 there were 155 refugee families from the Caucasus in the village.[3] The refugee families had come from the province of Kars Oblast (later ceded to Turkey) where under Russian rule (1878-1918) they arrived from Pontus and were resettled by the imperial government, serving as border guards on the Ottoman-Russian frontier.[2] The Greek census (1928) recorded 604 village inhabitants in Neos Kafkasos.[3] In 1928, there were 154 refugee families (534 people).[3]
Neos Kafkasos had 348 inhabitants in 1981.[4] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Neos Kafkasos was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange.[4] Pontic Greek was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[4]
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- Bruneau, Michel (2015). "L'installation des réfugiés grecs pontiques au Nord de la Grèce (Florina, Kilkis, Serrès) : leur rôle de gardiens des frontières de l'État-nation (1920-2000)" [The Settlement of Pontic Greek Refugees in Northern Greece (Florina, Kilkis, Serres): Their Role as Guardians of the Nation-State Borders (1920-2000)]. Études Balkaniques. 21 (1): 93–94. doi:10.3917/balka.021.0093.
- Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923-1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923-1930] (Ph.D.). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 75. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- 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 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924); Table 3: N. Kafkasos, 348; R, P3; R = Refugiés, P = dialecte pontique"