Psarades
| Psarades Ψαράδες | |
|---|---|
 Panorama of Psarades. | |
  Psarades | |
| Coordinates: 40°49.8′N 21°1.9′E / 40.8300°N 21.0317°ECoordinates: 40°49.8′N 21°1.9′E / 40.8300°N 21.0317°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Prespes |
| Municipal unit | Prespes |
| Elevation | 850 m (2,790 ft) |
| Community[1] | |
| • Population | 83 (2011) |
| • Area (km2) | 41.064 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 530 77 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2385-xxx-xxx |
| Vehicle registration | PAx-xxxx |
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On the origin of the name Nivici
Excerpt from a man from Nivici, Mala Prespa (today Psarades) speaking in the local Lower Prespa dialect of the Macedonian language |
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Psarades (Greek: Ψαράδες, Bulgarian: Нивици, Nivitsi, Macedonian: Нивици / Nivitsi), before 1927 known as Nivitsa (Greek: Νίβιτσα), is a village and a community of the Prespes municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Prespes, of which it was a municipal district.[2] At the end of XIX, Nivitsi is a purely Bulgarian village. The Ethnography of the Adrianople, Monastir and Salonica villas, published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflecting the statistics of the 1873 male population, Nivitzi is referred to as a village in Resen with 30 households and 92 Bulgarians.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Nivitsi was a purely Bulgarian village. According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 200 Bulgarian Christians lived in the village in 1900. After the Ilinden Uprising in 1904, the whole village passed under the jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the Exarchist secretary Dimitar Mishev (1906), there were 528 Bulgarian Exarchists in Nivitsi. The Bulgarian church "Virgin Mary" was built here in 1893.
The 2011 census recorded 83 inhabitants in the village.[1] The community of Psarades covers an area of 41.064 km2.[3] 1993 research found that the village is pure Slavophonic and the Macedonian language is saved on a medium level.[4]
In 17 June 2018, the Prime Ministers of Greece and the Republic of Macedonia signed an agreement at the village, aiming the end of the Macedonia naming dispute.[5]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- 1 2 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
- ↑ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ↑ Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia). Riki Van Boeschoten (in French).
- ↑ Greece and Macedonia sign agreement on name change