Lerin (Florina) – City in the Aegean part of Macedonia, Greece, with 15,100 h. (2002). It is located on the west side of the Lerin Field (the southern end of Pelagonia), at the foot of Mount Bigla, at an altitude of about 700 m. From the Macedonian-Greek border is 17 km away, and Thessaloniki is connected to the railway line and the international road E-86. To ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. He represented a ma-la settlement inhabited by Macedonian and Turkish population. At the end of ⅹⅰⅹ c. Kharchev states that L. There are 9,824 h., of which 5,000 Turks, 4,344 Macedonians, 300 Albanians, 80 Vlachs and 20 Jews. After the 1913 census It is run by 10,155 h. Then in L. About 1,000 Vlachs from Bitola and nearby Vlach villages have settled. That way in 1920 The city grew 12,513 h. Between 1920 and 1930 in the population in L. significant ethnic changes occur. First in 1922 It settled 1,673 refugees, of which 730 were from the Kingdom of SCS, and 484 from Albania. From the next 1923 by L. They are emigrated in Turkey All Muslims, and in their place in 1924. About 2,000 Greeks from Asia Minor, Caucasus, Pont and Eastern Thrace are migrated. In 1941 L. He had 10,800 h., of which 5,900 Macedonians, 4,000 Greeks (Nothing Vlachs Greeks), 500 Vlachs, 200 Albanians Christians and 200 other residents. With that L. From Macedonian-Turkish becomes a Macedonian-Greek city. Then, as a border place, the city for many years stagnated in 1971. (11.164 h.) There are fewer population than in 1961. (11.933 h.). Today, more than half of the population are Macedonians, and others are descendants of Greek settlers from Asia Minor, and little Vlachs and Albanians Christians. L. It is an economic and cultural-educational center of the Lerin area. Has developed crafts and trade, and from industrial facilities, textile and food factories. In the city there is a gymnasium, agricultural school and pedagogical academy. Lit.: Todor Simovski. Settlements in Aegean Macedonia, REC. First, Skopje, 1978. Al. ST.
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