Kella (Greek: Κέλλα, before 1926: Γκορνίτσοβον - Gkornitsovon;[2] Bulgarian/Macedonian: Горничево, Gorničevo or Gornichevo) is a village in the Amyntaio municipality of the Florina regional unit, Greece.[3]
Kella
Κέλλα | |
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Kella | |
Coordinates: 40°47′N 21°41′E / 40.783°N 21.683°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Florina |
Municipality | Amyntaio |
Municipal unit | Amyntaio |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 563 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1468, where it is listed under the name of Gorničevo and described as a small settlement of thirty households. A second defter of 1481 records that the number had increased by only three households.[4]
Around 1840, the land of the village was forcibly seized by the Muslim notable Ilyaz Pasha and it was turned into a homestead. Later, the local residents were able to redeem their property.[5]
In the book “Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Adrianople, de Monastir et de Salonique”, published in Constantinople in 1878, that reflects the statistics of the male population in 1873, Gornitchévo was noted as a village with 160 households, 522 Bulgarian and 50 Romani inhabitants.[6]
Kella had 877 inhabitants in 1981.[7] In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Kella was populated by Slavophones.[7] The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.[7] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.[7]