Lofoi

History

First mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Zabrdani, had eighty households and produced vines, walnuts, and honey. In Ottoman tax registers of the non-Muslim population of the wilayah Filorine from 1626–1627, the village is marked under the name Zaburdani with 62 households.

The population of the village was affiliated with the Bulgarian Exarchate church in the early 20th century. According to Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the Exarchate, there were 344 Bulgarians in Zabrdani in 1905 and there was a Bulgarian school that functioned in the village.

The village was incorporated into Greece in 1913 after the Balkan Wars.

Demography

In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Lofoi was populated by Slavophones. The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.

|1981|458 |2001|443 |2011|355 |2021|289

References

References

1. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Zapyrdani – Lofoi".
2. Kravari, Vassiliki. (1989). "Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale". Editions P. Lethielleux.
3. Турски извори за българската история, т. VII, София 1986, с. 333
4. D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, p.176-177.
5. Van Boeschoten, Riki. (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)". Strates.
6. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
7. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός". Hellenic Statistical Authority.