Omorfokklisia, Kastoria
Omorfokklisia (Greek: Ομορφοκκλησιά, before 1926: Γκάλιστα - Gkalista[2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Omorfokklisia | |
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  Omorfokklisia | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′47″N 21°7′12″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Agia Triada |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Rural | 23 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The Greek census (1920) recorded 596 people in the village and in 1923 there were 400 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Gkalista there were 45 refugee families from Pontus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 406 village inhabitants.[3] There were 32 refugee families (118 people) in 1928.[3] After the population exchange, the village mosque and the water fountain next to it were destroyed.[4]
References
- "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkalista – Omorfokklisia". 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. 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. pp. 271–272. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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