Vevi
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vevi |
| name_local | Βεύη |
| type | community |
| image_skyline | Banitsa.jpg |
| caption_skyline | Vevi |
| coordinates | |
| periph | West Macedonia |
| periphunit | Florina |
| municipality | Florina |
| municunit | Meliti |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population | 498 |
| postal_code | 539 74 |
| area_code | 2385 |
| :: |
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Vevi (, before 1926: Μπάνιτσα – Banitsa; Macedonian and , Banica or Banitsa) is a village located in the municipal unit of Meliti in Florina regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. The village is passed by two national roads which lead to Thessaloniki, Florina, Amyntaio, and Kozani. Additionally, it has a railway station on the line between Florina and Thessaloniki. The Official Football Club of Vevi is Vevi FC
The church of St. Nicholas was built in 1460.
Economy
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It is mainly a farming community and is the site of the Achlada, the Vevi lignite mines from Upper Miocene.
History
The city dates back to Roman times. Archeological finds from this period, such as the marble torso of a male statue, are housed at the Archaeological Museum of Florina.
The local church St. Nicolas was built and painted in 1460. There were 132 Christian households in the village in the first half of the 17th century. In 1845 the Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Banci as mainly Bulgarian village.
According to local tradition, the settlers who laid the foundation of the modern village included various people from the region such as Greeks, Bulgarians, Turks, etc. There were two Bulgarian schools in the beginning of 20th century. The village participated in the Ilinden Uprising (1903) and during the conflict it was razed by the Ottoman army. Immigrants from Banitsa in Toronto, Canada participated in the early Bulgarian community to build church infrastructure.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Vevi_School.JPG" caption="page=75}} Following World War II as well as the Greek Civil War it saw more exodus on the part of the town's non-Greek inhabitants."] ::
Demographics
Vevi had 806 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vevi was populated by Slavophones. The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language but mostly did not use it.
Transport
The settlement is served BY Regional and Proastiakos services to Thessaloniki and Florina.
Notable people
- Dzole Gergev (1867–1909), Macedonian Bulgarian chieftain
- Antigonos Choleris (), Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle and soldier of the Balkan Wars
- , soldier
- , activist
- Stavros Kotsopoulos, Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle and soldier of World War II
- , poet
- Peter Daicos, Australian AFL footballer whose parents migrated to Melbourne, Australia
- , partisan
- Nick Vanoff, dancer
References
References
- Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Banitsa – Vevi".
- Oikonomou, Aineias. (2012). "Design and Tracing of Post-Byzantine Churches in the Florina Area, Northwestern Greece". Nexus Network Journal.
- "Museums of Macedonia, Greece — Archaeological and Byzantine Museum".
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- Турски извори за българската история, т. VII, София 1986, с. 333
- [http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Bulgarien/XIX/1840-1860/Grigorovic/text3.phtml?id=2234 Григорович, В. Очеркъ путешествiя по Европейской Турцiи, Москва, 1877]
- D.M.Brancoff. "La Macedoine et sa Population Chretienne". Paris, 1905, p.176-177.
- Kostov, Chris. (2010). "Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900–1996". Peter Lang.
- Michailidis, Iakovos D.. (2000). "Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference". Pluto Press.
- Van Boeschoten, Riki. (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)". Strates.
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