Variko
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Variko (, before 1926: Μόκραινα – Mokraina; Bulgarian/) is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amyntaio, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 21.877 km2. It is 27 km south-southeast of the city of Florina. The village's primary agricultural products are beans, corn, and wheat. There is an annual bean festival on August 15, coinciding with the Dormition of Virgin.
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- Locality
- Βαρικό
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 508
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Variko
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Βαρικό
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Varikou.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 770
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Florina
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Amyntaio
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.population
- 508
- Greek Dimos.area
- 21.9
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 500 05
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 638
- Elevation
- 770
- Image
- Βαρικό Φλώρινας, ένα ορεινό χωριό.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2463
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- Variko
- postal code
- 500 05
- native label
- Μόκρενη
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Variko (, before 1926: Μόκραινα – Mokraina; Bulgarian/) is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amyntaio, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 21.877 km2. It is 27 km south-southeast of the city of Florina. The village's primary agricultural products are beans, corn, and wheat. There is an annual bean festival on August 15, coinciding with the Dormition of Virgin.
== History == The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, under the name of Mokreni, and was described as having sixty-nine households. In the beginning of 19th century Francois Pouqueville noted Mocrena as one of the Bulgarian villages in the region. The population of Mocreni was Bulgarian in 19th and early 20th centuries. The population of the village was under the supremacy of the Bulgarian Exarchate since 1891.
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