Rodonas

Rodonas (Greek: Ροδώνας, before 1926: Γκιούλεντς - Gkioulents[2]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

Rodonas
Rodonas is located in Greece
Rodonas
Rodonas
Coordinates: 40°40′26″N 21°39′55″E
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityAmyntaio
Municipal unitAmyntaio
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Rural
87
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The Greek census (1920) recorded 129 people in the village and in 1923 there were 1123 inhabitants (or 33 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Gkioulents there were 28 refugee families from the Caucasus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 110 village inhabitants.[3] There were 28 refugee families (91 people) in 1928.[3] In the early years after their arrival, the refugees used the village mosque as a school, later it was abandoned (and in the modern period no longer exists) when a new school building was constructed.[4]

References

  1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkioulents – Rodonas". 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. 75. 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. 282. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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