Cheimerino Explained

Cheimerino
Name Local:Χειμερινό
Type:community
Coordinates:40.34°N 21.375°W
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Kozani
Municipality:Voio
Municunit:Neapoli
Population As Of:2021
Population:44

Cheimerino (el|Χειμερινό, before 1927: Βάιπες – Vaipes),[1] is a small village near Neapoli in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. It is a community of the municipality of Voio.[2] Population 44 (2021). It is situated on the west bank of the Aliakmon river, which is the longest river in Greece.

Michael Kalinderis lists Vaipes as populated by Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[3] The 1920 Greek census recorded 361 people in the village, and 180 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Vaipes were from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (35) and Pontus (22) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 217 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 61 (216 people).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vaipes – Cheimerinon. Pandektis. 23 August 2024.
  2. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  3. Metoki. Athanasia. 2016. Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών. The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena. Masters. el. University of Macedonia. 1 September 2024. 3, 13.
  4. Pelagidis. Efstathios. 1992. Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930). The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930. Ph.D.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 26 August 2024. 83.