Tripotamos, Florina
Tripotamos
Τριπόταμος | |
|---|---|
 St. George, Tripotamo | |
  Tripotamos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 40°49.59′N 21°30′E / 40.82650°N 21.500°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Meliti |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 236 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tripotamos (Greek: Τριπόταμος; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Петорак or Петораци) is a village in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
History
According to Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique, which was published in 1878, the village had 60 houses and a population of 170 males, all recorded as Bulgarians.[2] According to statistics collected by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village had a population of 210, all Bulgarians.[3] Athanasios Chalkiopoulos in 1910 claims the village had "158 Orthodox Greeks terrorized since 1904".[4] According to statistics collected by Dimitar Mishev (under the pseudonym "Brancoff") in 1905, the village had a population of 192, all Exarchist Bulgarians.[5] Borivoje Milojević wrote in 1921 that the village had 20 houses, all Slavic Christian.[6]
In 1928, the name of the village was changed from Πετοράκι (Petoráki) to Τριπόταμος (Tripótamos).[7]
Demographics
The 1920 Greek census recorded 135 people in the village.[8] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Petoraki were from the Caucasus (27) and three others from an unidentified location in 1926.[8] The 1928 Greek census recorded 319 village inhabitants.[8] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 34 (140 people).[8]
Tripotamos had 550 inhabitants in 1981.[9] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Tripotamos was populated by Slavophones, a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange, and Arvanites.[9] The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[9] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[9] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[9] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[9] Arvanitika (close to Albanian) was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[9]
References
- ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ↑ Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople: de Monastir, et de Salonique [Ethnography of the Vilayets of Adrianople, Monastir and Thessaloniki] (in French). Constantinople: Le Courrier d'Orient. 1878. p. 7.
- ↑ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и Статистика [Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ Χαλκιόπουλος, Αθανάσιος (1910). Η Μακεδονία: Εθνολογική στατιστική των βιλαετίων Θεσσαλονίκης και Μοναστηρίου [Macedonia: Ethnological Statistics of the Vilayets of Thessaloniki and Monastir] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: Printing house "Nomikis". p. 92.
- ↑ Мишев, Димитър. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and Its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. pp. 176–177.
- ↑ Милојевић, Боривоје Ж. (1921). Јужна Македонија [South Macedonia] (PDF) (in Serbian). p. 21.
- ↑ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Petoraki – Tripotamos". Pandektis. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 75. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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 (in French). 10. para.1. "l’arvanitika (proche de l’albanais)"; 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: Tripotamos, 550; S, R, A, M1, P2, A3; S = Slavophones, R = Refugiés, A = Arvanites, M = macédonien, P = dialecte pontique, A = arvanitika"