Milea, Pella Explained

Milea
Name Local:Μηλέα
Type:community
Caption Skyline:Milea landscape with Kozhuh mountain in the background
Coordinates:40.9919°N 22.1447°W
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Pella
Municipality:Almopia
Municunit:Exaplatanos
Population As Of:2021
Population:837
Georegion:Macedonia

Milea (before 1926: Καρλάτ – Karlat;[1] Macedonian and Bulgarian: Карладово, Karladovo),[2] [3] Turkish: Karladova or Kırlat) is a village in the Exaplatanos municipal unit of the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The community of Milea, which includes the neighboring village Rizochori, has a population of 837 (2021).

Milea had 787 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Milea was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones. The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it. Turkish was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings. Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Karlat – Milias. Pandektis. 15 April 2022.
  2. Райчевски, Стоян [1998] (2004). “ГЕОГРАФСКИ ПРЕДЕЛИ - Македония”, „Българите мохамедани“, второ издание, София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия, стр. 114. .
  3. Кънчов, Васил [1900]. “Енидже-Вардарска Каза”, „Македония. Етнография и статистика“, София: Българско книжовно дружество в София, стр. 148.
  4. Van Boeschoten. Riki. Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d’Aridea (Macédoine). Use of minority languages in the departments of Florina and Aridea (Macedonia). fr. Strates. 10. 2001. Table 1: Réfugiés grecs; Footnote 2: Le terme « réfugié » est utilisé ici pour désigner les Grecs d’Asie Mineure qui se sont établis en Grèce dans les années vingt après l’échange de population entre la Turquie et la Grèce (Traité de Lausanne, 1924); Table 4: Milea, 787; R, S, M2, T2; R = Refugiés, S = Slavophones, M = macédonien, T = turc"