Krystallopigi

Krystallopigi

Krystallopigi

Place in Greece

Krystallopigi (Greek: Κρυσταλλοπηγή) is a former community in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Prespes, of which it is a municipal unit.[2]

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The municipal unit has an area of 101.984 km2.[3] The population is 145 (2021). The main village is also called Krystallopigi. After the Greek Civil War, the village was resettled with Aromanians from Epirus. Today they still form the majority of the towns population. Here is located the depopulated village Vambel.

Krystallopigi borders Albania to the west; Prespes municipality to the north; Korestia municipality, Kastoria regional unit, to the east and southeast; and Kastraki community, Kastoria regional unit, to the south. A major road border crossing into Albania is located here. The Albanian side of the border crossing is known as Kapshtica, 9 km east from Bilisht.

Name

A request from local inhabitants to the Grand Vizier from 1892. There they insist to be transferred from the Greek Patriarchate to the Bulgarian Exarchate.

Until 1926, the village was known as Smardesi (Greek: Σμαρδέσι).[4] In the Bulgarian it is known as Смърдеш, Smardesh or Smrdesh, while in Macedonian as Смрдеш, Smrdeš. The original name of the village is believed to be derived from the local Slavic name of a nearby mineral spring Smrdliva Voda meaning stinky water.[5] The modern name Krystallopigi means "crystal spring".

History

The village was mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1530, under the name of Ismirdesh, and was described as having 53 households.[6] The bigger part of the population of Smerdesh in 19th and in the beginning of 20th century was Bulgarian.[7] There were 1780 inhabitants in 1900.[8]

Many residents of Smardesh took part in the struggle of IMORO. There was an illegal foundry and depot for hand grenades in 1903.[9][10] The village was burned by Turkish troops in May 1903.[11] It was plundered and burned for the second time in 1903 during the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising.[12]

The name of the village was changed to Krystallopigi in 1926.

By the 1950s, the Greek government assisted a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians, known as the Arvanitovlachs, to settle in depopulated villages of the Prespa region like Krystallopigi.[13] Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village.[13]

Krystallopigi had 265 inhabitants in 1981.[14] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Krystallopigi was populated by Aromanians.[14]

Demographics

Map of Florina regional unit showing Krystallopigi municipal unit.
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Notable persons

References

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    "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
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    "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
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    "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
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    "Πανδέκτης: Smardesi -- Krystallopigi". Retrieved 2018-11-14. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
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    Симовски, Тодор (1998). Населените места во Егејска Македонија : географски, етнички и стопански карактеристики. I. Скопје: Институт за национална историја. стр. 175–176
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    Harun Yeni, Demography and settlement in Paşa sancaği sol-kol region according to muhasebe-i vilayet-i rumeli defteri dated 1530 [1530 tarihli Muhasebe-i Vilayet-i Rumeli defteri'ne göre Paşa Sancağı sol-kol bölgesinde demografi ve yerleşim], Ankara, 2006, стр. 118.
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    Brailsford, H. N. Macedonia: Its Races and Their Future, London 1906, p. 141
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    Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, с.265 (Kanchov, Vasil. Macedonia — ethnography and statistics Sofia, 1900, p. 265),
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    Brailsford, H. N., op. cit., p. 144-146, Македония и Одринско (1893-1903). Мемоар на Вътрешната организация, 1904, с. 203
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    Шклифов, Благой и Екатерина Шклифова. Български диалектни текстове от Егейска Македония, София 2003, с. 32 (Shklifov, Blagoy and Ekaterina Shklifova. Bulgarian dialect texts from Aegean Macedonia Sofia 2003, p. 32), Македония и Одринско (1893-1903). Мемоар на Вътрешната организация, 1904, с. 203
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    Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 304. ISBN 9789607760869.
  14. [14]
    Van Boeschoten, Riki (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)" [Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia)]. Strates. 10. Table 3: Kristallopiyi, 265; V; V = Valaques (Aroumains)"
  15. [15]
    "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
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