Filotas municipalty

Filotas (, before 1927: Τσαλτζιλάρ – Tsaltzilar; , 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. The municipal unit has an area of 132.495 km2. Population 3,616 (2021).

Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Filotas
Greek Dimos.name_local: Φιλώτας
Greek Dimos.type: municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_map: DE Filota.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption: Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph: West Macedonia
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Florina
Greek Dimos.municipality: Amyntaio
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit: 3616
Greek Dimos.pop_community: 1429
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit: 132.5

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==Demographics== The 1920 Greek census recorded 2,137 people in the village, and 2,100 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923. 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. The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,893 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 539 (2,188 people).