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Ydroussa, Florina

Ydroussa
Υδρούσα
Ydroussa is located in Greece
Ydroussa
Ydroussa
Coordinates: 40°43.18′N 21°27.40′E / 40.71967°N 21.45667°E / 40.71967; 21.45667
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityFlorina
Municipal unitPerasma
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community252
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ydroussa (Greek: Υδρούσα, before 1927: Κάτω Κόττορι – Kato Kottori)[2] is a village in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.

The village in Ottoman Turkish was called Aşağı Kotor.[3] In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, Kato Kottori was populated by 174 Christian Albanians and 600 Bulgarians.[4] Kanchov wrote that Christian Albanians of the late Ottoman period in Kato Kottori were increasingly being assimilated by its Bulgarian population.[5]

In the early twentieth century, Kato Kotori was involved with the Bulgarian national movement.[5][6]

During the 1940s, kin relations began to be formed between the Slavophone (Dopioi) and Arvanite populations of the village.[7] Villagers from both groups together attended school, partook in social events and looked after each other during the Second World War and Greek Civil War.[7]

Ydroussa had 456 inhabitants in 1981.[8] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, (Kato) Ydroussa was populated by Slavophones and Arvanites.[8] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[8] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[8]

In the late 1990s, in fieldwork done by Ioannis Manos, much of the Ydroussa village population self identified as Dopioi, a designation used by Slavophones of the Florina region and the remainder as Arvanites.[9] There were seldom elderly individuals with knowledge of Arvanitika.[7]

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: Kato Kottori – Ydroussa". Pandektis. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ Krüger, Eberhard (1984). Die Siedlungsnamen Griechisch-Mazedoniens nach amtlichen Verzeichnissen und Kartenwerken [The settlement names of Greek Macedonia according to official indexes and maps]. Klaus Schwarz Verlag. p. 44. ISBN 9783112400661.
  4. ^ Aarbakke 2015, pp. 3-4.
  5. ^ a b Aarbakke, Vemund (2015). "The Influence of the Orthodox Church on the Christian Albanians' national orientation in the Period Before 1912" (PDF). Albanohellenica. 6: 4.
  6. ^ Clogg, Richard (2002). Minorities in Greece: Aspects of a Plural Society. Hurst. p. 155. ISBN 9781850657064.
  7. ^ a b c Manos 2004, p. 134.
  8. ^ a b c d 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 3: K. Idrousa, 456; S, A, M2; S = Slavophones, A = Arvanites, M = macédonien"
  9. ^ Manos, Ioannis (2004). "Signifying Self in Plural Cultural Contexts: Subjectivity, Power and Individual Agency in North-western Greek Macedonia". The Anthropology of East Europe Review. 22 (1): 125, 134, 136.


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