Vasileiada

Vasileiada
Community
Vasileiada is located in Greece
Vasileiada
Vasileiada
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 40°33′52″N 21°25′49″E / 40.56444°N 21.43028°E / 40.56444; 21.43028
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityKastoria
Municipal unitAgioi Anargyroi
Population
 (2021)
 • Community
375
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Vasileiada (Greek: Βασιλειάδα, before 1928: Ζαγοριτσάνη – Zagoritsani; Macedonian and Bulgarian: Загоричани) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Vasileiada, Agia Paraskevi and Verga.

Originally named Zagorichani, the village had a Slavic speaking population during Ottoman rule. After the rise of nationalism the locals were divided in pro-Bulgarian and pro–Greek community. During the struggle for Macedonia, a massacre occurred and around 80 Bulgarian inhabitants were killed on March 25 (April 7, New Style), 1905 by a Greek bands.

After Zagoritsani became part of Greece in 1913, the village mosque was demolished. The 1920 Greek census recorded 1,105 inhabitants in the village. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Zagoritsani were from Pontus (32) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 735 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 33 (112 people).

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. The village Vasileiada had a total of 1,136 inhabitants, and was populated by 910 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness. The inhabitants speak the Popole variant of the Kostur dialect.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Zagoritsani – Vasileias". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Истината по клането в с. Загоричани, извършено от гръцки андарти през нощта на 24 срещу 25 март по ст. стил Благовещение, 1905 год. Спомени от Дамян Илиев. София, 4 април 1930 год.
  4. ↑ Село Загоричани. (По случай 25 годишнината от клането, извършено от гръцки банди) Наум Темчев (Пловдив, 1 април 1930 г.)
  5. ↑ Илия Г. Патеров Загоричани, (Издание на Загорицкото дружество “Илинден”, София, 1930 г.)
  6. ↑ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. 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. 77. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
  9. ↑ Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 515. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Βασιλειάς, Πληθυσμός: 1136, Σλαυόφωνοι: 910, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι"
  10. ↑ Благой Шклифов. Костурският говор, София, 1973, стр. 8, 148-150