Vasileiada
Community in Macedonia, Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vasileiada (Greek: Βασιλειάδα, before 1928: Ζαγοριτσάνη – Zagoritsani[2] Macedonian and Bulgarian: Загоричани) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Vasileiada, Agia Paraskevi and Verga.
Vasileiada | |
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Coordinates: 40°33′52″N 21°25′49″E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Agioi Anargyroi |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 375 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Originally named Zagorichani, the village had a Slavic speaking population during Ottoman rule. After the rise of nationalism the locals were divided in pro-Bulgarian and pro–Greek community. During the struggle for Macedonia, many Bulgarian inhabitants were killed in 1905.[citation needed]
After Zagoritsani became part of Greece in 1913, the village mosque was demolished.[3] The Greek census (1920) recorded 1105 inhabitants in the village.[4] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Zagoritsani there were 32 refugee families from Pontus in 1926.[4] The Greek census (1928) recorded 735 village inhabitants.[4] In 1928 there were 33 refugee families (112 people).[4]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[5] The village Vasileiada had a total of 1136 inhabitants, and was populated by 910 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[6]