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Achlada

Achlada is a village in the Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.

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Achlada
Αχλάδα
Community
Church of St. Spyridon
Church of St. Spyridon
Achlada
Coordinates: 40°51.68′N 21°36.80′E / 40.86133°N 21.61333°E / 40.86133; 21.61333
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityFlorina
Municipal unitMeliti
Population
 (2021)1
 • Community
320
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Achlada (Greek: Αχλάδα; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Крушоради) is a village in the Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.

History

The settlement was mentioned in a defter of 1626–1627, under the name of Krushorad, and was described as having 61 non-Muslim households.2

The Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Krushorade (Крушораде) as mainly Bulgarian village in 1845.3 Gyorche Petrov in 1986 notes that the village had 20 Bulgarian Exarchist and 40 Bulgarian Patriarchist households.4 Vasil Kanchov's 1900 survey recorded 650 Bulgarian Christians in the village.5 Later in 1905, Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mishev (writing as "Brancoff") documented 760 Bulgarian Exarchists in the village.6

The paternal grandparents of Nikola Gruevski, former Prime Minister of Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), were born here, including his grandfather Nikolaos Grouios.7

In 1926, the name of the village was changed from Κρουσοράτη (Krousoráti) to Αχλάδα (Achláda).8

In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Achlada was populated by Slavophones. The Macedonian language was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.9

Demographics

The population of the village from 1913 and the following years is as follows:note 1

Population by census year
Year Population
Male Female Total
191310 259 347 606
192011 269 304 573
192812 328 362 690
194013 485 482 967
19511415 346 (361)
19611617 465 (534)
19711819 490 (240)
19812021 575 (313)
19912223 562 (305)
200124 (301)
2011 –
2021 –
Notes

Notes

  1. Numbers in parentheses are the de facto population, while those next to the parentheses are the de jure population.
References

References

  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. Димитров, Страшимир; Грозданова, Елена; Андреев, Стефан (1986). Турски извори за българската история [Turkish Sources for Bulgarian History] (in Bulgarian). Vol. VII. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 333.
  3. Григорович, В. Очерки путешествiя по Европейской Турцiи, Москва, 1877
  4. Петров, Гьорче (1896). Материали по изучаванието на Македония [Materials on the Study of Macedonia] (PDF) (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Печатница Вълковъ. p. 708.
  5. Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и Статистика [Macedonia. Ethnology and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 249.
  6. Мишев, Димитър. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and Its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. pp. 176–177.
  7. ""Дневник" во селата од кои потекнуваат Груевски и Караманлис" (in Macedonian). Dnevnik. 22 February 1999. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  8. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Krousorati – Achlada". Pandektis. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. 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: Achlada, 313; S, M3; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"
  10. Απαρίθμησις των Κατοίκων των Νέων Επαρχιών της Ελλάδος του Έτους 1913 [Census of the Inhabitants of the New Provinces of Greece for the Year 1913] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1915. p. 39.
  11. Πληθυσμός του Βασιλείου της Ελλάδος κατά την Απογραφήν της 19 Δεκεμβρίου 1920 – Πραγματικός πληθυσμός [Population of the Kingdom of Greece according to the Census of 19 December 1920 – De facto population] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1921. p. 313.
  12. Πληθυσμός της Ελλάδος κατά την Απογραφήν της 15-16 Μαΐου 1928 – Πραγματικός πληθυσμός [Population of Greece according to the Census of 15–16 May 1928 – De facto population] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1935. p. 360.
  13. Πληθυσμός της Ελλάδας κατά την απογραφή της 16 Οκτωβρίου 1940 [Population of Greece According to the Census of 16 October 1940] (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: National Printing Office. 1950. p. 396.
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