Prasino, Florina
Prasino | |
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Prasino | |
| Coordinates: 40°43′34″N 21°11′51″E / 40.72611°N 21.19750°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Prespes |
| Municipal unit | Prespes |
| Community | Prasino |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 18 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Prasino (Greek: Πράσινο, before 1955: Τύρνοβον – Tyrnovon,[2][3] Bulgarian: Търнава, Tarnava;[4] Macedonian: Трново, Trnovo,[5] also: Трнаа, Trnaa)[6] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The village has an altitude of 980 m (3,220 ft).[7]
Prasino is located in the Korestia area and situated in mountainous terrain.[8] The total land area of the village Prasino is 1,549 hectares, with the majority as forest, followed by use for agriculture and the remainder are grasslands.[9] The architecture of Prasino consists of houses built from bricks.[10] The modern village economy is based on agriculture.[10]
A Christian village, the inhabitants were members of the Bulgarian Exarchate.[11] During the Macedonian Struggle, Bulgarian and Greek bands were present in the village at various times.[12] Immigrants from Tyrnovo in Toronto, Canada participated in the early Bulgarian community to build church infrastructure.[13] Between 1912 and 1928, the village population was 400.[11] Reliant on agricultural activities and some remittances from immigrants abroad, the average yearly family income of the village in the late interwar period was 10,700 drachmas.[8] Prior to the onset of war the village population reached 500 people.[14]
The population of Prasino was 376 in 1940.[7] In the Greek Civil War, the village was occupied by the Democratic Army of Greece (DAG).[15] Prasino suffered during the civil War, 8 inhabitants were killed, while the Greek military and Communist guerillas were present in the village at various times.[14] Toward the end of the conflict, the majority of villagers fled to countries in Eastern Europe and later went to Canada and Australia.[14] The population of Prasino, a Slavic Macedonian village was reduced by 66 percent due to the impacts of the Second World War and the civil war.[16]
The inhabitants numbered 128 in 1951, 117 in 1961,[7] 21 in 1981 and 21 in 2011.[17] In the late 2010s, only one couple were the residents of Prasino.[14] In the early 21st century Prasino is nearly abandoned.[11] The modern village population is small and in decline.[10]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Tyrnovon – Prasinon". Pandektis. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Τύρνοβον – Πράσινον" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Tyrnovon – Prasinon]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Shklifov, Blagoy (1979). Долно–Преспанският говор [The Lower Prespa Dialect]. Трудове по българска диалектология (in Bulgarian). Vol. 11. Bulgarska akademiia na naukite. pp. 15, 34, 85.
- ^ 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. 17. ISBN 9789989622168.
- ^ Danforth, Loring M.; Van Boeschoten, Riki (2012). Children of the Greek Civil War: Refugees and the Politics of Memory. University of Chicago Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780226135984.
- ^ a b c Laiou 1987, p. 80.
- ^ a b Koliopoulos 1999, pp. 47–48.
- ^ Ntassiou 2022, p. 374. "Prasino; Forest: 1,247, Agriculture: 252, Grasslands: 49, Total area (ha): 1,549."
- ^ a b c Ntassiou 2022, p. 375. "Prasino, Population < 150 (in 2011 census): YES; Proportion gradual difference 2011–1981 (%): 0; Pre-existing in 1923: YES; Characterization: small and declining; Type of architecture: Brick-built houses; Assessment of economy type: agriculture"
- ^ a b c Miska, Marialena Argyro (2020). Επώνυμοι Τόποι: Ονομασίες Οικισμών στην Περιοχή της Φλώρινας [Named Places: Names of Settlements in the Florina Region] (Master's thesis) (in Greek). University of Western Macedonia. p. 76. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Koliopoulos 1999, p. 27.
- ^ Kostov, Chris (2010). Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900–1996. Peter Lang. p. 136. ISBN 9783034301961.
- ^ a b c d Tzimas, Stavros (26 June 2018). "Πρέσπες: Τα μυστικά μιας λίμνης που στέρεψε από κατοίκους" [Prespes: The secrets of a lake that dried up of inhabitants] (in Greek). Neos Kosmos. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ Laiou, Angeliki E. (1987). "Population Movements in the Greek Countryside during the Civil War". In Bærentzen, Lars; Iatrides, John O.; Langwitz Smith, Ole (eds.). Studies in the History of the Greek Civil War, 1945–1949. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 80, 82. ISBN 9788772890043.
- ^ Koliopoulos, John S. (1999). Plundered Loyalties: Axis Occupation and Civil Strife in Greek West Macedonia, 1941–1949. Hurst. p. 287. ISBN 9781850653813.
- ^ 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. "Prasino; Census_2011: 21; Census_1981: 21"