Pisoderi

Pisoderi (Greek: Πισοδέρι; Aromanian: Pisuderea) is a village 17 km west of Florina, Greece. Nearby, 5 km away, is the ski resort Vigla.

Pisoderi Πισοδέρι
Community
Pisoderi
Coordinates: 40°47′10″N 21°14′49″E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Prespes
Municipal unit	Prespes
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	17
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vigla

The ski center is located on Mount Verno, and currently has five lifts and ten trails. The summit of the resort is 1939m above sea level, with a total vertical drop about 420m. The resort has a view of the Lake Prespa, on the border between Greece, Albania and North Macedonia.

First mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Ipsoder, had only twelve households.^[2] During Ottoman times, the village was purely Aromanian.^[3]

Pisoderi had 30 inhabitants in 1981.^[4] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Pisoderi was populated by Aromanians.^[4] The Aromanian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.^[4] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.^[4]

Notable people

• Lazaros Tsamis (1878–1933), merchant and Macedonian Struggle fighter

Notes

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Kravari, Vassiliki (1989). Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale. Réalités byzantines (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Editions P. Lethielleux. p. 270. ISBN 2-283-60452-4.
3. The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)
4. Van Boeschoten, Riki (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)" [Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia)]. Strates (in French). 10. Table 3: Pisoderi, 30; V, V1; V = Valaques (Aroumains), V = valaque (aroumain)"

External links

• Pisoderi website (Greek)
• Weather forecast