Itea (Florina)
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Itea is a village in the Florina peripheral unit, Greece
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in his map from 1861 marked the village as Bulgarian, too.
In the book “Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Adrianople, de Monastir et de Salonique”, published in Constantinople
in 1878, that reflects the statistics of the male population in 1873, Dolno Vrbeni was noted as a village with 200 households and 615 Bulgarian ihabitants.
According to Vasil Kanchov’s
statistics, in 1900, Varbeni had 690 Bulgarian inhabitants. The whole population of the village was under the supremacy of the Bulgarian Exarchate
in the early 20th century. According to the evidences of Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the Exarchate, there were 624 Bulgarians in Varbeni in 1905.
Greece
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History
In 1845 the Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Verbini as Bulgarian village. Johann Georg von HahnJohann Georg von Hahn
Johann Georg von Hahn was an Austrian diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture....
in his map from 1861 marked the village as Bulgarian, too.
In the book “Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Adrianople, de Monastir et de Salonique”, published in Constantinople
Constantinople
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in 1878, that reflects the statistics of the male population in 1873, Dolno Vrbeni was noted as a village with 200 households and 615 Bulgarian ihabitants.
According to Vasil Kanchov’s
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician.- Biography :Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, Bulgaria, he entered the University of Harkov, then in Russia. During the Serbo-Bulgarian War 1885 he suspended his education and took part...
statistics, in 1900, Varbeni had 690 Bulgarian inhabitants. The whole population of the village was under the supremacy of the Bulgarian Exarchate
Bulgarian Exarchate
The Bulgarian Exarchate was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and the Bulgarian Patriarchate was restored in 1953....
in the early 20th century. According to the evidences of Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the Exarchate, there were 624 Bulgarians in Varbeni in 1905.
Demographics
Today the villagers are primarily Slavophone Greeks. According to the 2001 census, the population of Itea was 650 people.| > | Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1913 | 677 |
| 1920 | 548 |
| 1928 | 677 |
| 1940 | 891 |
| 1951 | 960 |
| 1961 | 927 |
| 1971 | 733 |
| 1981 | 713 |