Vegora, Florina

Vegora Βέγορα
Community
Vegora
Coordinates: 40°40′49″N 21°42′53″E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Amyntaio
Municipal unit	Filotas
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	392
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vegora (Greek: Βέγορα, before 1926: Νέογραδ – Neograd)^[2] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The 1920 Greek census recorded 800 people in the village, and 800 inhabitants (170 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Neograd were from Asia Minor (24) and Pontus (58) in 1926.^[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 315 village inhabitants.^[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 89 (308 people).^[3]

Vegora had 469 inhabitants in 1981.^[4] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vegora was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange.^[4] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.^[4] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.^[4]

References

1. "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.
2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Neograd – Vegora". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 74. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
4. 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 (in French). 10. Table 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924); Table 3: Vegora, 469; R, P2; R = Refugiés, P = dialecte pontique"