Levaia

Community in Greece

Levaia Λεβαία
Community
40°38′48″N 21°42′09″E / 40.64667°N 21.70250°E / 40.64667; 21.70250
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Amyntaio
Municipal unit	Filotas
Elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	660
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	PA

Levaia (Greek: Λεβαία, before 1926: Έλλεβη – Ellevi,^[2] between 1926 and 1988: Λακκιά – Lakkia^[3]) is a village in the region of Florina, northern Greece.^[4] It belonged to the municipality of Filotas but after the application of the Kallikratis Plan in 2011 it got incorporated in the municipality of Amyntaio.^[3] According to the 2021 Greek census, the village had 660 inhabitants.

Demographics

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, Elevi was populated by 700 Muslim Turks.^[5]

The Greek census (1920) recorded 986 people in the village and in 1923 there were 950 inhabitants (or 160 families) who were Muslim.^[6] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Elevi there were refugee families from East Thrace (81), Asia Minor (102) and Pontus (52) in 1926.^[6] The Greek census (1928) recorded 1002 village inhabitants.^[6] In 1928 there were 232 refugee families (973 people).^[6]

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: Ellevi – Lakkia". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "ΕΕΤΑΑ - Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών". www.eetaa.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
^ "Λεβαία (Λακκιά)". www.amyntaio.gr. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, p. 270, 30th line. Written as "Елеви". (in Bulgarian)
^ ^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 28 March 2022.