Krystallopigi

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]

Krystallopigi

Κρυσταλλοπηγή
Krystallopigi
Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°38′N 21°05′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityPrespes
 • Municipal unit102.0 km2 (39.4 sq mi)
Elevation
1,130 m (3,710 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Municipal unit
359
 • Municipal unit density3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Community
 • Population314 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΡΑ

The municipal unit has an area of 101.984 km2.[3] The population is 359 (2011). 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 and Albanian irregulars 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. In 1951, the village was declared entirely uninhabited, and later Vlachs from Thesprotia and from the vicinity of Preveza were settled there.

Demographics
Map of Florina regional unit showing Krystallopigi municipal unit.
Year Population
19131,488
1920718
1928598
1940624
19510
1961364
1971309
1981265
1991213
2001573
2011359

Notable persons

References
  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (in Greek)
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. "Πανδέκτης: Smardesi -- Krystallopigi". Retrieved 2018-11-14. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
  5. Симовски, Тодор (1998). Населените места во Егејска Македонија : географски, етнички и стопански карактеристики. I. Скопје: Институт за национална историја. стр. 175–176
  6. 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.
  7. Brailsford, H. N. Macedonia: Its Races and Their Future, London 1906, p. 141
  8. Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, с.265 (Kanchov, Vasil. Macedonia — ethnography and statistics Sofia, 1900, p. 265),
  9. Чекаларов, Васил. Дневник 1901-1903, с. 232 (Chekalarov, Vasil. Diary 1901-1903, p. 232)
  10. Силянов, Христо. Освободителнитѣ борби на Македония, том I, София 1933, с. 271 (Silyanov, Hristo. The liberation struggles of Macedonia, vol. 1, Sofia 1933, p. 271
  11. Brailsford, H. N., op. cit., p. 144-146, Македония и Одринско (1893-1903). Мемоар на Вътрешната организация, 1904, с. 203
  12. 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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