Vevi

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name_local = Βεύη
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periph = West Macedonia
prefec = Florina
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population = 684
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elevation = 740
lat_deg = 40
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lon_deg = 21
lon_min = 37
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 539 74
area_code = 2385
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Vevi, rarely "Veve" ( _el. Βεύη), also known as "Banitsa" (Greek: "Μπάνιτσα", "Πάνιτσα", Slavic "Баница") is a village located in the Municipality of Meliti in Macedonia, Greece. The village is passed by two national roads which lead to Thessaloniki, Florina, Amyntaio, and Kozani. Additionally, it has a railway station on the line between Florina and Thessaloniki.

Economy

It is mainly a farming community and is the site of the Achlada, the Vevi lignite mines from Upper Miocene.

History

The city dates back to Roman times. Archeological finds from this period, such as the marble torso of a male statue, are housed at the Archaeological Museum of Florina [http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Museums/Archaeological_and_Byzantine/Arx_Florinas.html] . There were 132 christian households in the village in the first half of the 17th century. [Турски извори за българската история, т. VII, София 1986, с. 333 ] .According to local tradition, the settlers who laid the foundation of the modern village included various people from the region such as Greeks, Bulgarians, Turks, etc. There were two Bulgarian schools in the beginning of 20th century. [D.M.Brancoff. "La Macedoine et sa Population Chretienne". Paris, 1905, p.176-177.]

In 1913, with the conditions of the Treaty of Bucharest, when this part of Macedonia became part of Greece, and after the Balkan Wars, a lot of people from Banitsa emmigrated to Bulgaria. The village was renamed Vevi in 1926. Following World War II as well as the Greek Civil War it saw more exodus on the part of the town's non-Greek inhabitants.

ee also

* Battle of Vevi (1912)
* Battle of Vevi (1941)

External links

* [http://www.Florina.gr Florina Official Site] .
* [http://www.banitsa.com Website operated by expatriates] .

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