Filotas
Filotas (Greek: Φιλώτας, before 1927: Τσαλτζιλάρ – Tsaltzilar;[2] Bulgarian: Чалджиево, Chaldzhievo) is a village and a former municipality in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit of the municipality Amyntaio.[3] The municipal unit has an area of 132.495 km2.[4] Population 3,616 (2021). DemographicsThe 1920 Greek census recorded 2,137 people in the village, and 2,100 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.[5] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsaltzilar were from East Thrace (393), Asia Minor (60) and the Caucasus (106) in 1926.[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,893 village inhabitants.[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 539 (2,188 people).[5] References
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