Vathylakkos, Drama

Village of Vathylakkos
Assumption of Mary Orthodox Church in Vathylakkos Drama
First students of school in Vathylakkos
Inactive school of Vathylakkos
Turkish homes ruins in Vathylakkos

Vathylakkos (Greek: Βαθύλακκος) is a village in the Drama Prefecture in northern Greece. It is part of the Drama municipal unit, and had a population of 98 in the 2011 census.[1]

It was formerly known as Kovitsa[2] (in early period of Ottoman archives known as Kozniçe [3]and Kuyçe[4], in later period of Ottoman archives known as Koyca[5]) until the Greco-Turkish population exchange of 1923, when its Muslim inhabitants left and settled in the quarter of Kayabaşı and Mahmut Şevket Paşa village in Istanbul, also Halitpaşa in Manisa and Orhangazi, İznik in Bursa, hence were replaced by Greeks from Turkey. There are a church which converted some part of a old mosque, and only one classroom inactive school. However there is no business in the village, in adition public transportation facilities is limited.

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References

  1. ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ↑ "Πανδέκτης: Kovitsa -- Vathylakkos". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  3. ↑ . 167 numaralı Muhasebe - i Vilayet - i Rum - ili Defteri (937/1530) , T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Müdürlüğü Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı , Vol.1, Ankara, 2001, 139. line feed character in |date= at position 22 (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary".
  5. ↑ "Selanik'ten mübadele ile gelen atalarımızın adları ve soyağacımız - (KASELDER)". www.kayabasiselanikliler.org. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

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Coordinates: 41°14′N 24°10′E / 41.233°N 24.167°E / 41.233; 24.167

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