Avgi, Kastoria
Avgi | |
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Coordinates: 40°25′9″N 21°10′36″E / 40.41917°N 21.17667°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Agia Triada |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 129 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Avgi (Greek: Αυγή, before 1928: Μπρέστενη - Bresteni,[2] renamed until 1929: Κρύα Νερά - Krya Nera[3]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The Greek census (1920) recorded 312 people in the village and in 1923 there were 200 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim.[4] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Bresteni there were refugee families from East Thrace (2), Asia Minor (8), Pontus (5), the Caucasus (22) and one other from an unidentified location.[4] The Greek census (1928) recorded 265 village inhabitants.[4] There were 39 refugee families (143 people) in 1928.[4] After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees who settled in the village demolished its mosque.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Bresteni – Krya Nera". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Krya Nera – Avgi". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923-1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923-1930] (Ph.D.). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.). University of Ioannina. p. 273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.