Vevi

Postal code 539 74
Area code 2385

Vevi, rarely Veve (Greek Βεύη, Macedonian Баница - Banitsa) is a village of the Meliti municipality, Florina prefecture, located in Greek Macedonia (Northern Greece).

Economy

It is mainly a farming community and the site of a lignite mine.

History

The village was renamed Vevi in 1926 as a condition of the Treaty of Bucharest in 1913. From the 1940s onward, a majority of the inhabitants of Vevi left the village in search of work in the diaspora. Most of the villagers that emigrated from Vevi re-settled in the Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Australia regions. To this day there are high concentrations of Macedonians from Vevi/Banitsa in these and surrounding areas.

The Battle of Vevi took place on 09 April 1941 - 12 April 1941 between Australian and German troops.

Demographics

Estimates of Vevi/Banitsa's population according to the Macedonian Calendar of 2000 are as follows:

Year Population

1913 1167
1920 1653
1928 1995
1940 2245
1951 2062
1961 2105
1971 1049
2001 688


See also

Links

Florina Official Site.

Municipalities and communities of Florina prefecture

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