Níki ( el, Νίκη, before 1926: Νεγκοτσάνη - ''Negkotsani'';

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and bg, Негочани, ''Negočani'' or ''Negochani'') is a village situated in the Florina regional unit,

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, along the border with

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. The village is located 14 km north of

Florina Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...

at the

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border crossing. Its name in Greek means ''victory''. The main road through Niki connects the border crossing with the city of

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and forms a part of the E65 route. The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman

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of 1468, where it is listed under the name of ''Negočani'' and described as having 203 households. In 1481, the number had declined to 112 households. The village produced vines,

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, honey, and swine; and possessed mills and a market. The Greek census (1920) recorded 562 people in the village and in 1923 there were 86 inhabitants (or 16 families) who were Muslim. Following the

Greek-Turkish population exchange The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...

, in 1926 within Negkotsani there were 18 refugee families from

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. The Greek census (1928) recorded 662 village inhabitants. In 1928, there were 18 refugee families (77 people). The population of the village in 2011 was 273.

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Populated places in Florina (regional unit) {{WMacedonia-geo-stub