Neochoraki, Florina Explained

Neochoraki (el|Νεοχωράκι, before 1928: – ;^[1] Macedonian and bg|Неокази,)^[2] is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece.

History

In 1873, Néokaza, at the time within the Lerin (Florina) kaza in Manastir Sanjak and Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, was recorded as having 250 households and 630 male Bulgarian inhabitants.^[3]

In the early 20th century the British journalist Henry Noel Brailsford noted Neocazi as "a poor Bulgarian hamlet on the plain not far from Florina", burnt by the Turks during the Ilinden Uprising.^[4]

The 1920 Greek census recorded 486 people in the village, and 130 inhabitants (26 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Neokazi were from Asia Minor (2) and from the Caucasus (29) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 585 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 31 (117 people).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Neochoraki – Neokazi. Pandektis. 30 March 2022.
2. Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр.249.
3. „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, Sofia, 1995, стр. 82-83.
4. http://www.promacedonia.org/en/hb/hb_5_13.html Brailsford, H. N. Macedonia: Its Races and Their Future, London 1906, p. 160
5. Pelagidis. Efstathios. 1992. Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930). The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930. Ph.D.. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 30 March 2022. 74.