Vasileiada ( el, Βασιλειάδα, before 1928: Ζαγοριτσάνη - ''Zagoritsani''

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

and bg, Загоричани) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia,

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. After Zagoritsani became part of Greece, the village mosque was demolished. The Greek census (1920) recorded 1105 inhabitants in the village. 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 in Zagoritsani there were 32 refugee families from

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 ...

. The Greek census (1928) recorded 735 village inhabitants. There were 33 refugee families (112 people) in 1928.

Notable people

Dimitar Blagoev Dimitar Blagoev Nikolov (, mk, Димитар Благоев Николов; 14 June 1856 – 7 May 1924) was a Bulgarian political leader and philosopher. He was the founder of the Bulgarian left-wing political movement and of the first social- ...

(1856–1924), Bulgarian political leader and philosopher *

Anastas Yankov Anastas Yankov Dinkov was a Bulgarian army officer and revolutionary, a prominent voivode of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee. In North Macedonia he is considered an ethnic Macedonian by the post-WWII Macedonian historiography. Life ...

(1857–1906), Bulgarian Army officer * Maslina Grancharova (1874–1958) teacher and revolutionary

References

{{Kastoria div Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)