# Levaia

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**Levaia** (Greek: Λεβαία, before 1926: Έλλεβη – *Ellevi*,[1] between 1926 and 1988: Λακκιά – *Lakkia*)[2] is a village in the region of [Florina](/source/Florina_(regional_unit)), northern [Greece](/source/Greece).[3] It belonged to the municipality of [Filotas](/source/Filotas) but after the application of the [Kallikratis Plan](/source/Kallikratis_Plan) in 2011 it got incorporated in the municipality of [Amyntaio](/source/Amyntaio).[2] According to the [2021 Greek census](/source/2021_Greek_census), the village had 660 inhabitants.

## Demographics

In statistics gathered by [Vasil Kanchov](/source/Vasil_Kanchov) in 1900, Elevi was populated by 700 Muslim [Turks](/source/Turkish_people).[4]

The 1920 Greek census recorded 986 people in the village, and 950 inhabitants (160 families) were Muslim in 1923.[5] Following the [Greek–Turkish population exchange](/source/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey), [Greek refugee](/source/Greek_refugee) families in Elevi were from [East Thrace](/source/East_Thrace) (81), [Asia Minor](/source/Asia_Minor) (102) and [Pontus](/source/Pontus_(region)) (52) in 1926.[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,002 village inhabitants.[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 232 (973 people).[5]

## References

1. Institute for Neohellenic Research. ["Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Ellevi – Lakkia"](https://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169933). *Pandektis*. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

1. ["ΕΕΤΑΑ - Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών"](https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=16754) (in Greek). *www.eetaa.gr*. Retrieved 2022-01-21.

1. ["Λεβαία (Λακκιά)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190413232543/http://www.amyntaio.gr/182-parousiasiperioxis/levaia/197-levaia). *www.amyntaio.gr*. Archived from [the original](http://www.amyntaio.gr/182-parousiasiperioxis/levaia/197-levaia) on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

1. [Kanchov, Vasil](/source/Vasil_Kanchov), [Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics](http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_45.htm), [Sofia](/source/Sofia), 1900, p. 270, 30th line. Written as "Елеви". (in Bulgarian)

1. Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). [*Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930)*](https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/2403) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 74. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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