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
Limnochori is located in Greece
Limnochori
Limnochori
Coordinates: 40°37′21″N 21°33′24″E
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityAmyntaio
Municipal unitAetos
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
257
Time zoneUTC+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

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Tserkezkioi – Limnochori". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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