Vegora | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 40°40′49″N 21°42′53″E / 40.68028°N 21.71472°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Florina |
Municipality | Amyntaio |
Municipal unit | Filotas |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Rural | 463 |
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 Greek census (1920) recorded 800 people in the village and in 1923 there were 800 inhabitants (or 170 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Neograd there were 24 refugee families from Asia Minor and 58 refugee families from Pontus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 315 village inhabitants.[3] There were 89 refugee families (308 people) in 1928.[3]
Vegora had 469 inhabitants in 1981.[4] In fieldwork done by 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]