Lofoi ( el, Λόφοι, before 1928: Ζαπύρδανη - ''Zapyrdani'';
Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
: Забърдени;
Macedonian
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Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: Забрдени, ''Zabrdeni'') is a village in the
Florina regional unit,
Western Macedonia
Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Located in north-western ...
,
Greece
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, located 15 km east of the city of
Florina
Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'.
The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...
.
History
First mentioned in an
Ottoman defter
A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Description
The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...
of 1481, the village, then known as ''Zabrdani'', had eighty households and produced vines, walnuts, and honey. In Ottoman tax registers of the non-Muslim population of the
wilayah
A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...
Filorine from 1626–1627, the village is marked under the name ''Zaburdani'' with 62 households.
The population of the village was affiliated with the
Bulgarian Exarchate
The Bulgarian Exarchate ( bg, Българска екзархия, Balgarska ekzarhiya; tr, Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and th ...
church in the early 20th century. According to Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the Exarchate, there were 344
Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...
in Zabrdani in 1905 and there was a Bulgarian school that functioned in the village.
The village was incorporated into Greece in 1913 after the
Balkan Wars
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.
Demography
Lofoi had 458 inhabitants in 1981.
In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Lofoi was populated by
Slavophones.
The
Macedonian language
Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around two million ...
was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.
Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.
[ Table 3: Lofi, 458; S, M1; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"]
According to the 2001 census, the population of Lofi is 443 people.
References
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Populated places in Florina (regional unit)