Vegora, Florina

Vegora (Greek: Βέγορα, before 1926: Νέογραδ - Neograd[2]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

Vegora
Vegora is located in Greece
Vegora
Vegora
Coordinates: 40°40′49″N 21°42′53″E
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityAmyntaio
Municipal unitFilotas
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Rural
463
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The Greek census (1920) recorded 800 people in the village and in 1923 there were 800 inhabitants (or 170 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Neograd there were 24 refugee families from Asia Minor and 58 refugee families from Pontus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 315 village inhabitants.[3] There were 89 refugee families (308 people) in 1928.[3]

Vegora had 469 inhabitants in 1981.[4] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vegora was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange.[4] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[4] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[4]

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Neograd – Vegora". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 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: Vegora, 469; R, P2; R = Refugiés, P = dialecte pontique"
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