Valtonera

Valtonera (Greek: Βαλτόνερα; before 1928: Κάτω Νεβόλιανη - Kato Nevoliani[2][3]) is a small village in the region of Florina, northern Greece. According to the 2011 Greek census the village had 232 inhabitants. The village is located in the small plain of the municipality of Amyntaio.[4]

Valtonera
Βαλτόνερα
Valtonera is located in Greece
Valtonera
Valtonera
Coordinates: 40°37′59″N 21°34′59″E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityAmyntaio
Municipal unitAetos
Elevation
595 m (1,952 ft)
Highest elevation
600 m (2,000 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total232
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
530 75
Area code(s)23860

Demographics

The Greek census (1920) recorded 171 people in the village and in 1923 there were 171 inhabitants (or 33 families) who were Muslim.[5] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Kato Nevoliani there were 54 refugee families from the Caucasus.[5] The Greek census (1928) recorded 219 village inhabitants.[5] There were 54 refugee families (168 people) in 1928.[5]

Valtonera had 358 inhabitants in 1981.[6] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Valtonera was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange, Slavophones and Aromanians.[6] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[6] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[6]

Culture

The Association «Proodos» (Progress) was founded by the residents of the village in 1981, while the sports club «Thyella» (Storm) is based in the village. The church of the village which holds an annual festival on 21 May is dedicated to Saints Constantine and Helena.[7]

In 2003 Dimitra Koutsouridou of Valtonera entered the Guinness World Records, gathering a total of 8.514 pencil sharpeners, which are located and exhibited at the Elementary School of the village.[8][9][4]

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Kato Nevoliani – Valtonera". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. "ΕΕΤΑΑ-Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης Α.Ε." www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "Βαλτόνερα". www.amyntaio.gr. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. 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. 74. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  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 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: Valtonera, 358; R, S, V, P2; R = Refugiés, S = Slavophones, V = Valaques (Aroumains), P = dialecte pontique
  7. Οδός Ελλήνων (21 June 2016), Ο ναός των αγίων Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης στα Βαλτόνερα, retrieved 13 April 2019
  8. Guinness World Records - Largest collection of pencil sharpeners
  9. "Λαογραφικές συλλογές". www.visitwestmacedonia.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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