Nižepole
Nižepole
Нижеполе Nijopolea Xhinxhopolë | |
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Village | |
 Modern architecture in Nižepole | |
  Nižepole Location within Republic of Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°00′38″N 21°14′43″E / 41.01056°N 21.24528°E | |
| Country | Republic of Macedonia |
| Municipality | Bitola municipality |
| Statistical region | Pelagonia Statistical Region |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 186 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7223 |
| Area code | +389 047 |
| Car plates | BT |
| Website | . |
Nižepole (Template:Lang-mk, Template:Lang-rup, Template:Country data Xhinxhopolë) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, Republic of Macedonia and is an alpine settlement 7.85 kilometers from Bitola.
History
The population of Nižepole was made up of older inhabitants of Aromanians (Vlachs) and later Arvanito-Vlachs who formed a large part of the village population.[1] A small number of Muslim Albanians over time settled in Nižepole originating from the Korçë region.[1] During the first World War, Nižepole fell on the Allied side of the Macedonian front and its Aromanian villagers first fled to Florina and then most went to Katerini, Greece.[1] After the war, most Nižepole Aromanians preferred to remain in Katerini after a few returnees came back telling of the destruction of the village.[1] Only in 1923 with the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey and arrival of Greek refugees after the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) did some Nižepole inhabitants return to the village.[1]
Demographics
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Nižepole was inhabited by 1590 Aromanians, 250 Orthodox Albanians and 190 Orthodox Bulgarians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 186 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Vlachs 105
- Macedonians 47
- Albanians 30
- Romani 4
References
- ^ a b c d e Koukoudis, Asterios (2003). The Vlachs: Metropolis and Diaspora. Thessaloniki: Zitros Publications. ISBN 9789607760869.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) p. 299. "One of the most noteworthy cases was quite a large group which settled among the older Vlach residents of Nižepole, close to Magarevo, making the Arvanitovlachs a significant part of the population of the village."; p. 352. "A small group of Moslem Albanians from the Korçë area gradually settled in Trnovo and Nižepole."; pp. 468-469. "The inhabitants of Nižepole, the only Vlach village behind Allied lines fled to Florina and, mainly to Katerini."; p. 470. "Most of the inhabitants of Nižepole opted to remain in Katerini when the first people to return brought home the news of the utter devastation of their village. In was not until 1923 and the arrival of the refugees from the Asia Minor disaster that some of them went back to Nižepole." - ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 239.
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 71.
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