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]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. [6] The village Avgi had a total of 416 inhabitants, and was populated by 208 Slavophones with 80 percent having a Bulgarian national consciousness. [7]
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]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. [6] The village Avgi had a total of 416 inhabitants, and was populated by 208 Slavophones with 80 percent having a Bulgarian national consciousness. [7]