Filotas

Filotas (Greek: Φιλώτας, before 1927: Τσαλτζιλάρ – Tsaltzilar;^[2] Bulgarian: Чалджиево, Chaldzhievo) is a village and a former municipality in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit of the municipality Amyntaio.^[3] The municipal unit has an area of 132.495 km².^[4] Population 3,616 (2021).

Filotas Φιλώτας
Municipal unit
Filotas Location within the regional unit
Coordinates: 40°38′N 21°42′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Amyntaio
Area
• Municipal unit	132.5 km2 (51.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	3,616
• Municipal unit density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
• Community	1,429
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΡΑ

Demographics

The 1920 Greek census recorded 2,137 people in the village, and 2,100 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.^[5] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsaltzilar were from East Thrace (393), Asia Minor (60) and the Caucasus (106) in 1926.^[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,893 village inhabitants.^[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 539 (2,188 people).^[5]