Filotas

Village in Western Macedonia, Greece

Municipal unit in Greece

Filotas Φιλώτας
Municipal unit
40°38′N 21°42′E / 40.633°N 21.700°E / 40.633; 21.700
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Amyntaio
Area
• Municipal unit	132.5 km² (51.2 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Municipal unit	3,616
• Municipal unit density	27/km² (71/sq mi)
• Community	1,429
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΡΑ

Filotas (Greek: Φιλώτας, before 1927: Τσαλτζιλάρ – Tsaltzilar;^[2] Bulgarian: Чалджиево, 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 municipality Amyntaio.^[3] The municipal unit has an area of 132.495 km².^[4] Population 3,616 (2021).

Demographics

The 1920 Greek census recorded 2,137 people in the village, and 2,100 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.^[5] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsaltzilar were from East Thrace (393), Asia Minor (60) and the Caucasus (106) in 1926.^[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,893 village inhabitants.^[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 539 (2,188 people).^[5]

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: Tsaltzilar – Filotas". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ ^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. 75. Retrieved 30 March 2022.