Limnochori, Florina
Limnochori (Greek: Λιμνοχώρι, before 1926: Τσερκέζκιοϊ - Tserkezkioi, alternative old name: Άγιοι Θεόδωροι - Agioi Theodoroi[2]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Limnochori | |
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  Limnochori | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′21″N 21°33′24″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Amyntaio |
| Municipal unit | Aetos |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Rural | 257 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The Greek census (1920) recorded 122 people in the village and in 1923 there were 122 inhabitants (or 30 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Tserkezkioi there were 27 refugee families from the Caucasus and 5 refugee families from an unidentified location.[3] In 1928, there were 37 refugee families (126 people).[3] After the population exchange, the village mosque was demolished and replaced with a community store.[4]
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Tserkezkioi – Limnochori". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- 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. 74. 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. 280. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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