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Korisos, Kastoria

Coordinates: 40°30′18″N 21°22′37″E / 40.50500°N 21.37694°E / 40.50500; 21.37694
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Korisos
Korisos is located in Greece
Korisos
Korisos
Coordinates: 40°30′18″N 21°22′37″E / 40.50500°N 21.37694°E / 40.50500; 21.37694
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityKastoria
Municipal unitAgioi Anargyroi
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community902
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Korisos (Greek: Κορησός, before 1919: Γκορένση - Gkorensi[2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Korisos and Agios Nikolaos.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 1921 people in the village and in 1923 there were 650 inhabitants (or 75 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within the village there were refugee families from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (67) and Pontus (15).[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 1468 village inhabitants.[3] There were 88 refugee families (358 people) in 1928.[3]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village Korisos had a total of 1552 inhabitants, and was populated by 775 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkorensi – Korisos". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d 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.
  4. ^ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
  5. ^ Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 516. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Κορησός, Πληθυσμός: 1552, Σλαυόφωνοι: 775, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"