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Amyntaio
Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits''; Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,306, while that of the entire municipality is 16,973 (2011). The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III. History The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building. Archaeological excavations On March 4, 2007, an unknown civilization around four lakes that lasted from 6000 BC to 60 BC has been uncovered in two important excavations of a Neolithic and an Iron Age settlement in the Amyntaio district of Florina, northern Greece. A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food supplies and blackberry seeds are among the findings in a Neolithic settlement near the lakes of Vegoritida, Petres, Heimatitida and Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyntaio Railway Station
Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits''; Bulgarian/Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,306, while that of the entire municipality is 16,973 (2011). The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III. History The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building. Archaeological excavations On March 4, 2007, an unknown civilization around four lakes that lasted from 6000 BC to 60 BC has been uncovered in two important excavations of a Neolithic and an Iron Age settlement in the Amyntaio district of Florina, northern Greece. A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food supplies and blackberry seeds are among the findings in a Neolithic settlement near the lakes of Vegoritida, Petres, Heimatitida and Zaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyntaio
Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits''; Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,306, while that of the entire municipality is 16,973 (2011). The town is named after the ancient king of Macedon and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III. History The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building. Archaeological excavations On March 4, 2007, an unknown civilization around four lakes that lasted from 6000 BC to 60 BC has been uncovered in two important excavations of a Neolithic and an Iron Age settlement in the Amyntaio district of Florina, northern Greece. A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food supplies and blackberry seeds are among the findings in a Neolithic settlement near the lakes of Vegoritida, Petres, Heimatitida and Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amyntaio Power Station
Amyntaio Power Station ( el, ΑΗΣ Αμυνταίου) is a 600 MW coal-fired power station near Amyntaio in Western Macedonia, Greece. Build and commissioned in the mid 1980s, the power station is fuelled by lignite from the adjacent Amyntaio coal mine. Today it is one of six power plants in an area called the Western Macedonia Lignite Center, which is located in the Ptolemaida Basin and constitutes the largest coalfield in Greece and the Balkans. Both the power plant and the adjacent mine are owned by the Public Power Corporation (PPC). Construction The power station was constructed between 1983 and 1986 by a consortium of French Alsthom-Atlantique and Stein Industries, Russian Energomachexport and Zarubezhenergoproekt and Greek Biokat. It consists of two units with a generation capacity of 300 MW each. Turbo generators are built by Russian LMZ, while Sulzer boilers are supplied by French Stein Industrie. The plant's tall chimney is one of the tallest structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki–Bitola Railway
The railway from Thessaloniki to Bitola is a long railway line, that connects the port city Thessaloniki in Greece with Bitola in the Republic of North Macedonia, via Veroia, Edessa, Amyntaio and Florina. The line was opened in 1894 under the name "Société du Chemin de Fer ottoman Salonique-Monastir", when the area was part of the Ottoman Empire. The section between the international border and Bitola is not used anymore, and passenger services are restricted to the section between Thessaloniki and Florina. The easternmost section of the line, Platy–Thessaloniki, is part of the important connection towards Athens and Northern Greece. History The idea of a trans-Macedonian railway had existed since the 1850s when, in January 1859, a Memorandum regarding the construction of the Salonica– Monastir (today's Bitola) line was signed. It, however, wasn't until 28 October 1890 that the Ottoman Sublime Porte gave Deutsche Bank a concession to build the railway as a branch line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Macedonia
Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional units of Florina, Grevena, Kastoria, and Kozani. With a population of approximately 255,000 people, as of 2021, the region had one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union. Geography The region of Western Macedonia is situated in north-western Greece, bordering with the regions of Central Macedonia (east), Thessaly (south), Epirus (west), and bounded to the north at the international borders of Greece with the Republic of North Macedonia (Bitola, Resen and Novaci municipalities) and Albania (Korçë County). Although it covers a total surface of (7.2% of country's total), it has a total population of 283,689 inhabitants (2.6% of the country's total), thus it is a low-density populated region (30 per km2, as compared to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xino Nero
Xino Nero ( el, Ξινό Νερό, before 1926: Εξή Σού - ''Exi Sou''; tr, Ekşi su; or alternatively Gorno Varbeni Macedonian: Горно Врбени; Bulgarian: Горно Върбени). The old name of the village is Gorno Varbeni, to distinguish it from the other Florina village of Varbeni, now known as Itea, Florina.) It is a village in the municipality Amyntaiou, within the prefecture of Florina. The village is built at a height of 550 meters and is one of the main villages of the Prefecture of Florina. According to the 2011 census, the population of the village amounts to 1081 inhabitants. The main occupation of the inhabitants is agriculture and animal husbandry. It is 34 km from Florina and 5 from Amyntaio. Geography Xino Nero is in Greece. Xinó Nerósa Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2015-04-11; database download sa 2015-05-23 It is located in the municipality of Amyntaio, prefecture of Florina and region of West Macedonia, in the northern part of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nymfaio
Nymfaio ( el, Νυμφαίο, before 1926: Νέβεσκα - ''Neveska'', rup, Nevesca) and in Ancient Greece: Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον (9th century bc), is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. After the 2011 local government reform it became a member of the municipality Amyntaio. The municipal unit has an area of 28.209 km2. As of 2011 the village had a population of 132 residents. The village is protected by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture in order to preserve its architectural integrity. Name First mentioned in an Ottoman defter in 1481, the village, then known as ''Neveska'', had only six households. The name of the town in Aromanian (Vlach) is ''Nevesca'' from the ancient Greek (Doric) ''νυφεοσσ''´, meaning ''snowy, snowclad''. Geography Nymfaio is a mountain village, situated at 1350 m elevation in the densely forested Verno mountains. It is 3 km north of Sklithro, 5 km west of Aetos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florina (regional Unit)
Florina ( el, Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Φλώρινας, ''Perifereiakí Enótita Flórinas'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia, Greece. Its capital is the town of Florina with a population of around 49.500 (2019) Geography Florina borders the regional units of Pella to the east, Kozani to the south and Kastoriá to the southwest. At the Greek international borders, it is adjacent to Albania (Korçë County) to the west, North Macedonia (Bitola and Resen municipalities) to the north and Lake Prespa to the northwest, where the two borders cross each other. Lake Vegoritida is situated in the east. Mountains in the regional unit include Verno (), Varnous () and Voras (). Administration As from 2011 the regional unit of Florina is subdivided into 3 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): *Amyntaio (2) *Florina (1) *Prespes (3) Prefecture Florin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aetos, Florina
Aetos ( el, Αετός; bg, Айтос, ''Aytos'', Macedonian: Ајтос, ''Ajtos''; ) is a village and a former municipality in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amyntaio, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 134.092 km2. It is 18 km southeast of Florina. In 2011 it had a population 2,952. The village is first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, where it is described as a settlement of fifty-nine households which produced vines and walnuts. Notable people *Evangelos Natsis Evangelos Natsis Georgiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Νάτσης Γεωργίου) also known as ''Strempeniotis'' or ''Kapetan Vangelis'',' was a Slavophone Greek soldier and revolutionary who participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and th ... References Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Amyntaio {{WMaced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodonas
Rodonas ( el, Ροδώνας, before 1926: Γκιούλεντς - ''Gkioulents'') is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The Greek census (1920) recorded 129 people in the village and in 1923 there were 1123 inhabitants (or 33 families) who were Muslim. Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Gkioulents there were 28 refugee families from the Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range .... The Greek census (1928) recorded 110 village inhabitants. There were 28 refugee families (91 people) in 1928. In the early years after their arrival, the refugees used the village mosque as a school, later it was abandoned (and in the modern period no longer exists) when a new school building was constructed. References {{Amyntaio div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petres, Florina
Petres ( el, Πέτρες, before 1926: Πέτερσκον - ''Peterskon'') is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The Greek census (1920) recorded 851 people in the village and in 1923 there were 400 inhabitants (or 69 families) who were Muslim. Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Peterskon there were refugee families from East Thrace (20), Asia Minor (5) and Pontus Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ... (13). The Greek census (1928) recorded 712 village inhabitants. There were 32 refugee families (151 people) in 1928. References {{Amyntaio div Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Amyntaio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agios Panteleimonas, Florina
Agios Panteleimonas ( el, Άγιος Παντελεήμονας, before 1926: Πάτελι – ''Pateli'') is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in West Macedonia, Greece. Demographics Agios Panteleimonas had 1068 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Agios Panteleimonas was populated by Slavophones. The Macedonian language Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around two million ... was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it. Table 3: Ag. Pandeleimon, 1068; S, M2; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien" References {{Amyntaio div Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Amyntaio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
