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'''Variko''' ({{lang-el|Βαρικό}}, ] and ]: Мокрени, ''Mokreni'') is a village and a former ] in ], ], ]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis> Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}</ref> It is 27 km south-southeast of the city of ]. The population in 2001 was 698. The village's primary agricultural products are beans, corn, and wheat. There is an annual bean festival on August 15, coinciding with the ]. |
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'''Variko''' ({{lang-el|Βαρικό}}) is a village and a former ] in ], ], ]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis> Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}</ref> It is 27 km south-southeast of the city of ]. The population in 2001 was 698. The village's primary agricultural products are beans, corn, and wheat. There is an annual bean festival on August 15, coinciding with the ]. |
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== History == |
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The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman ] of 1481, under the name of ''Mokreni'', and was described as having sixty-nine households.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kravari|first=Vassiliki |title=Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale |series= Realites byzantines|volume=2|year=1989|publisher= Editions P. Lethielleux|location= Paris| pages = 301 |language=French |isbn=2-283-60452-4}}</ref> In the beginning of 19th century ] noted ''Mocrena'' as one of the Bulgarian villages in the region.<ref></ref> The population of Mocreni was ] in 19th and early 20th centuries. The population of the village was under the supremacy of the ] since 1891.<ref>Шопов, Атанас. Из живота и положението на българите във вилаетите, Пловдив, Търговска печатница, 1893, стр. 232 - 233.</ref> |
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The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman ] of 1481, under the name of ''Mokreni'', and was described as having sixty-nine households.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kravari|first=Vassiliki |title=Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale |series= Realites byzantines|volume=2|year=1989|publisher= Editions P. Lethielleux|location= Paris| pages = 301 |language=French |isbn=2-283-60452-4}}</ref> In the beginning of 19th century ] noted ''Mocrena'' as one of the Bulgarian villages in the region.<ref></ref> The population of Mocreni was ] in 19th and early 20th centuries. The population of the village was under the supremacy of the ] since 1891.<ref>Шопов, Атанас. Из живота и положението на българите във вилаетите, Пловдив, Търговска печатница, 1893, стр. 232 - 233.</ref> |
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The village was burned by the Turks during the ].<ref>, Rappoport Alfred. Au pays des martyrs. Notes et souvenirs d'un ancien Consul Général d'Autriche-Hongrie en Macédoine (1904-1909), Paris 1927; in Bulgarian - </ref> There was a Bulgarian school in the village in the beginning of 20th century.<ref></ref> After the ] in 1913, when the area became part of ], many people emigrated to ]. The village was renamed Variko in 1926. |
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After the defeat of Greece by Nazi Germany in April 1941 in the village was formed a club of the Bulgaro-Macedonian Central Committee and in 1943 a detachment of the Bulgarian paramilitary organization ].<ref></ref> The village suffered greatly during the ], when many villagers emigrated abroad. |
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== Notable persons == |
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* ], (''1879 - 1911'') - Bulgarian teacher and voivode<ref>Николов, Борис Й. ''Вътрешна Македоно-Одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители. биографично-библиографски справочник''. София 2001, с. 9 (Nikolov, Boris. ''Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Organization. Voivodes and Leaders. Biographical and Bibliographical Reference Book.'' Sofia 2001, p. 9).</ref> |
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* ], (''1881-1925'') - Bulgarian historian<ref>Чолов, Петър. ''Български историци. Биографично-библиографски справочник''. София 1999, с. 182 (Cholov, Petar. ''Bulgarian Historians, Biographical and Bibliographical Reference Book''. Sofia 1999, p. 182); Марков, Георги. Покушения, насилие и политика в България 1878-1947. София 2003, c. 216-218 (Markov, Georgi. ''Attempts, Violence and Politics in Bulgaria 1878-1947''. Sofia 2003, pp. 216-218).</ref> |
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==Demographics== |
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According to the 2001 census,<ref>http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf</ref> the population of Variko was 698 people. Today, the village has a mixed population of ] and ] (around 8,0%).<ref>In the 2009 European elections in Greece, 52 people from Variko voted for the ], which represents the ] minority in Greece.</ref> |
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