Ano Kleines

Community in Macedonia, Greece
40°50′44″N 21°22′56″E / 40.84556°N 21.38222°E / 40.84556; 21.38222CountryGreeceGeographic regionMacedoniaAdministrative regionWestern MacedoniaRegional unitFlorinaMunicipalityFlorinaMunicipal unitKato KleinesPopulation
 (2021)[1]
 • Community155Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ano Kleines (Greek: Άνω Κλεινές, before 1926: Άνω Κλέστινα – Ano Klestina[2]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

Muslims of Ano Klestina were Albanian speakers.[3] The 1920 Greek census recorded 911 people in the village, and 896 inhabitants (147 families) were Muslim in 1923.[4] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, refugee families in Ano Klestina were from East Thrace (72), Asia Minor (13), Pontus (4) and one other from an unidentified location in 1926.[4] The 1928 Greek census recorded 584 village inhabitants.[4] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 85 (381 people).[4] A Muslim school existed in the village until 1924, later destroyed.[5]

Ano Kleines had 236 inhabitants in 1981.[6] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Ano Kleines was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones.[6] The Macedonian language was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[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. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Ano Klestina – Ano Kleinai". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Pelagidis 1992, p. 63.
  4. ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 74. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 282. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c 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 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924). Table 3: Ano Klines, 236; R, S, M3; S = Slavophones, R = Refugiés, M = macédonien"