Bulgarians in Greece

Hellenic Republic

Area-131 940 km2 Population-10 964 020

Capital-Athens

Ethnicity:

-Greek sources as: Greeks-90-95%, Turks-50 000-80 000, Macedonian Slavs-80 000-250 000, Albanians(Arvanites)-between 50 000 and 140 000, Bulgarian-Muslims (Pomaks) - 37 000-60 000, Gypsies-40 000, Aromani-40 000-200 000, Megleno-Romanians-12 000,Bulgarians-imigrants-90 000-200 000,Karamanlides-100 000,Gagauz-30 000,Albanians emigrants-275 000 4.3%,Armenians-35 000,Romanians,Ucrainians,Russians,Indians

-Macedonian Slavs and Pomaks are from Bulgarian origin.

-The Macedonian Bulgarians are living in Aegean Macedonia region and Pomaks (Bulgarian Muslims) in Thrace region.

-According to some authors,Karamanlides(Greeks-Turkofons) are from Bulgarian origin.

Aegean Macedonia

Population - 2 625 681 Area-34 174 km2

Eastern Aegean Macedonia

County Drama

Population -106 371 Area-3 468 km2

Drama Municipality -55 632

Settlements with the Macedonian Bulgarians:

Drama City -42 501-Greeks, Bulgarians Grecomans, Macedonian Bulgarians, Vlachs, Armenians, Gypsies

Monastiraki (Dryanovo) -781 people Grecomans-Bulgarians-80% and Greeks-20 %

Milipotamos (Turkish village, Turkohor) -778 population of Bulgarians, Greeks and Grecomans

Ksiropotamos (Visochen) -2601 inhabitants Greeks and Bulgarians Grecomans

Municipality Nevrokopiu -8026

Settlements with the Macedonian Bulgarians:

village Kato Nevrokopi (Zarnevo) - 2072 inhabitants Bulgarians and Greeks

Dasaton village (Kumanich)-Bulgarians-224

Lefkoya village (Belotintsi) -573 population of Bulgarians and Greeks

Volaks village (Volak) -1190 inhabitants of Bulgarians and Bulgarians-Grecomans

Ekzohi village (Possible, Vazem) - Bulgarians -179

Granitis village (Gyuredzhik, Ruzhdene)-Bulgarians-102

Vatitopos (Thurles) -416 population of Bulgarians and Greeks

Ohiro (Eles) -510 population of Bulgarians and Greeks

Pagoneri (Chereshovo) -231 people Bulgarians

Municipality Prosotsanis -11 215

Settlements with the Macedonian Bulgarians:

Prosotsani village (Prosechen) -3937 inhabitants Grecomans Bulgarians and Bulgarians, Greeks, Vlachs

Petrusa village (Plevnja) -1900 inhabitants Grecomans Bulgarians and Bulgarians, Greeks

Kokinoya village (Kobalishte)-Bulgarians-600

village of Kalithea (Egri Dere, Krivodol) -626 people Grecomans Bulgarians, Greeks and Turks-Christians.

Kali Vrisi village (Gorentsi) -1065 inhabitants Grecomans Bulgarians and Bulgarians

Panorama (Kalapot) -89 inhabitants Bulgarians and Greeks

Mikropoli (Karlukovo, Karlakovo) -1102 inhabitants of Greeks,Bulgarians and Bulgarians garkomani.It is suppose that the local Bulgarians are mix of Bulgarians-Marvatses and Christianized Turks.

Piges (Ramentsi, Meze) -71 inhabitants Bulgarians Grecomans

The Bulgarians in County of Drama are from Marvaks ethnographic group.

In county lives about 15 050 inhabitants of Bulgarian origin, of whom 6050 are in the Bulgarian-Macedonian consciousness, and 9000 are Grecomans

County Kavala and Thasos

Population-147 884 Area-2111 km2

Settlements with the Macedonian Bulgarians:

city of Kavala - 60 802 inhabitants Greeks, Armenians, Gypsies, Bulgarians

-Hrisopulis city-8000 residents Greeks, Grecomans Bulgarians, Vlachs

The island of Thassos - 13 765 residents about- 200 Bulgarians

-between 2000 and 3200 residents in the Bulgarian-Macedonian identity