Levaia (, before 1926: Έλλεβη – ''Ellevi'', between 1926 and 1988: Λακκιά – ''Lakkia'') is a village in the region of

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, northern

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. It belonged to the municipality of

Filotas Filotas (, before 1927: Τσαλτζιλάρ – ''Tsaltzilar''; , ''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 muni ...

but after the application of the

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in 2011 it got incorporated in the municipality of

Amyntaio Amyntaio (, before 1928: Σόροβιτς – ''Sorovits''; Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,348, while that o ...

. According to the

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, the village had 660 inhabitants.

Demographics

In statistics gathered by

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria. Early life and education Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...

in 1900, Elevi was populated by 700 Muslim

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. Kanchov, Vasil, ,

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, 1900, p. 270, 30th line. Written as "Елеви". (in Bulgarian) The 1920 Greek census recorded 986 people in the village, and 950 inhabitants (160 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the

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families in Elevi were from

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(81),

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(102) and

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(52) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,002 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 232 (973 people).

References

Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Amyntaio {{WMacedonia-geo-stub