Oxya, Florina

Oxya
Settlement
Oxya
Coordinates: 40°44′25″N 21°7′54″E / 40.74028°N 21.13167°E / 40.74028; 21.13167
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityPrespes
Municipal unitPrespes
CommunityKaryes
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
12
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Oxya (Greek: Οξυά, before 1926: Μπούκοβο – Boukovo,[2] also: Μπούκοβικ, Boukovik;[3] Macedonian: Буковик, Bukovik)[4] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Karyes.

The name of the village is derived from the Slavic word buka for beech tree and the suffix forms ov and ik.[5] The architecture of Oxya consists of houses built from bricks.[6] The modern village economy is based on agriculture and lumbering.[6]

The population of Oxya was 131 in 1920, 133 in 1928 and 147 in 1940.[7] Oxya was one of several logistic hubs for supplies from Albania used by Democratic Army of Greece (DAG) during the Greek Civil War.[8] In November 1949, Charles Schermerhorn, a UN social worker present in the region during the civil war described Oxya as a well built village with large houses.[9] The village was depopulated as DAG guerillas had relocated 120 families to Albania including their animals and possessions.[9] Buildings in Oxya were mainly intact and communist slogans were painted on them in both Bulgarian and Greek.[9] Schermerhorn stated 74 children were taken from the village by DAG.[9]

Oxya, a Slavic Macedonian village was abandoned in 1951 due to the impacts of the Second World War and the civil war.[10] In the depopulated Lake Prespa border zone, some nomadic transhumant Aromanians (Arvanitovlachs) were settled by the Greek government in Oxya during the 1950s and form part of the population.[11] Oxya had 25 inhabitants in 1981 and 12 in 2011.[7] The modern village population is small and in decline.[6]

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. ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Μπούκοβο – Οξυά" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Boukovo – Oxya]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  3. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Boukovo – Oxya". Pandektis. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ^ Sokoloski, Metodija; Stojanovski, Aleksandar (1997). Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ: Опширен пописен дефтер за казите Горица, Биглишта и Хрупишта од 1568/9 година [Turkish documents on the history of the Macedonian people: Extensive census register for the kazas of Gorica, Biglišta and Hrupišta from 1568/9] (in Macedonian). Vol. 7. Arhiv na Makedonija. p. 162. ISBN 9789989622045.
  5. ^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Топономастиката на Охридско–Преспанскиот базен [The Toponymy of the Ohrid–Prespa basin] (in Macedonian). Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 138. "Името е топографско, одразувано со помошта на суф. -ов + ик од апел. бука (во селото "бука се плени" - кажуваат селаните)."
  6. ^ a b c Ntassiou 2022, p. 375. "Oxya, Population < 150 (in 2011 census): YES; Proportion gradual difference 2011–1981 (%): −52; Pre-existing in 1923: YES; Characterization: small and declining; Type of architecture: Brick-built houses; Assessment of economy type: agriculture, lumbering"
  7. ^ a b Ntassiou, Konstantina (2022). "Studying abandoned settlements' renaissance in the context of rural geography: perspectives for Prespes, Greece". European Planning Studies. 30 (2): 368. Bibcode:2022EurPS..30..359N. doi:10.1080/09654313.2021.1957085. "Oxya; Census_2011: 12; Census_1981: 25; Census_1928: 133; Census_1940: 147; Census_1920: 131"
  8. ^ Shrader, Charles R. (1999). The Withered Vine: Logistics and the Communist Insurgency in Greece, 1945–1949. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 192. ISBN 9780313028564.
  9. ^ a b c d Van Steen, Gonda (2023). The Battle for Bodies, Hearts and Minds in Postwar Greece: Social Worker Charles Schermerhorn in Thessaloniki, 1946–1951. Taylor & Francis. p. 189. ISBN 9781003811855.
  10. ^ Koliopoulos, John S. (1999). Plundered Loyalties: Axis Occupation and Civil Strife in Greek West Macedonia, 1941–1949. Hurst. p. 287. ISBN 9781850653813.
  11. ^ Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Zitros Publications. p. 304. ISBN 9789607760869.
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