Psarades (Greek: Ψαράδες), is a village and a community of the Prespes municipality.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Prespes, of which it was a municipal district.[2]
Psarades
Ψαράδες | |
|---|---|
 Panorama of Psarades. | |
  Psarades | |
| Coordinates: 40°49.8′N 21°1.9′E / 40.8300°N 21.0317°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | West Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Prespes |
| Municipal unit | Prespes |
| Area | |
| • Community | 41.064 km2 (15.855 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 850 m (2,790 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 73 |
| • Density | 1.8/km2 (4.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 530 77 |
| Area code(s) | +30-2385 |
| Vehicle registration | PA |
Name edit
The current name of the village, Psarades, means "fishermen" in Greek. Until 1927, Psarades was known as Nivitsa (Greek: Νίβιτσα).[3] In Macedonian and in Bulgarian it is known as Нивици; Nivici/Nivitsi, meaning fields.[4]
History edit
At the end of the 19th century, Nivitsi was a predominantly Bulgarian village. In the Ethnography of the Adrianople, Monastir and Salonica villas, published in Constantinople in 1878 and reflecting the statistics of the 1873 male population, Nivitzi is referred to as a village in the kaza of Resen with 30 households and 92 Bulgarians.[5]
Another report, at the beginning of the 20th century, also stated that Nivitsi was a predominantly Bulgarian village. According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 200 Bulgarian Christians lived in the village in 1900.[6]
After the Ilinden Uprising in 1904, the whole village passed under the jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Exarchate.[7] According to the Exarchist secretary Dimitar Mishev (1906), there were 528 Bulgarian Exarchists in Nivitsi.[8] The Bulgarian church "Virgin Mary" was built here in 1893.[9]
Prespa agreement edit
On 17 June 2018, the Prime Ministers of Greece and the Republic of Macedonia signed an agreement at the village, aiming the end of the Macedonia naming dispute.[10] The Prespa Agreement took its name from homonymous lake, on the shores of which the village of Psarades was built.
Demographics edit
Psarades had 172 inhabitants in 1981.[11] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Psarades was populated by Slavophones.[11] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[11] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[11]
The 2021 census recorded 73 inhabitants in the village.[1] The community of Psarades covers an area of 41.064 km2 (153⁄4 sq. mi.).[12]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ "Πανδέκτης: Nivitsa -- Psarades". Retrieved 2018-11-14. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
- ^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 142. "Нивици... Во селото и сега има Македонци... Името е топографско, примарно, рамно на дем. од нива (во sing. или pl). На грцки селото се вика Ψαράδες."
- ^ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр. 88-89.
- ^ Кънчов, Васил. Македония. Етнография и статистика, София, 1900, стр. 242.
- ^ Силянов, Христо. Освободителните борби на Македония, том II, София, 1993, стр. 125.
- ^ Brancoff, D.M. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, Paris, 1905, pp. 170-171.
- ^ Македонски Алманах, издава Ц.К. на МПО, редактор Петър Ацев, издание на "The Macedonian Tribune", Indianapolis, 1940, стр. 42.
- ^ Greece and Macedonia sign agreement on name change
- ^ a b c d 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. 10. Table 3: Psarades, 172; S, M2; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.