Agios Georgios, Grevena

Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος) is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Irakleotes, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.[2] The 2011 census recorded 452 residents in the village.[1] The community of Agios Georgios covers an area of 23.129 km2.[3]

Agios Georgios
Άγιος Γεώργιος
Agios Georgios is located in Greece
Agios Georgios
Agios Georgios
Coordinates: 40°11.8′N 21°24.5′E
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitGrevena
MunicipalityGrevena
Municipal unitIrakleotes
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Community
  Population452 (2011)
  Area (km2)23.129
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
510 30
Area code(s)+30-2462-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registrationPNx-xxxx

Name

Agios Georgios was known, until 1927, as Τσούρχλι - Tsourchli.[4]

Demographics

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 200 Greek Christians, 400 Vallahades (Grecophone Muslims) and 40 Romani lived in the village in 1900.[5]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. "Πανδέκτης: Tsourchli -- Agios Georgios". Retrieved 2018-11-14. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
  5. Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 46. Written as "урхли (Зуркли, Джурхли)". (in Bulgarian)
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