Komninades (Greek: Κομνηνάδες, before 1927: Σιάκι - Siaki;[2] Albanian: Shag[3]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
Komninades
Κομνηνάδες | |
|---|---|
  Komninades | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′7″N 20°59′50″E / 40.51861°N 20.99722°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Nestorio |
| Municipal unit | Akrites |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 74 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Siaki was populated by Albanian speaking Muslim inhabitants and they used to intermarry with the nearby Muslim villages of Menkulas, Vidohovë and Miras (now in Albania).[4][3] The Greek census (1920) recorded 690 people in the village and in 1923 there were 683 inhabitants (or 95 families) who were Muslim Albanians.[5] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, the Muslim population of Siaki went to Turkey in 1924 and Anatolian Orthodox Christians settled in the village.[3] In 1926, 69 refugee families from Pontus were in Siaki.[5] The Greek census (1928) recorded 254 inhabitants.[5] There were 67 refugee families (266 people) in 1928.[5] After the population exchange, the site where the village mosque stood was replaced by the present church, the Assumption of the Virgin, built in 1931.[4]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Siaki – Komninades". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c de Rapper, Gilles (2010). "Religion on the border: Sanctuaries and Festivals in Post-Communist Albania". In Valtchinova, Galia (ed.). Religion and Boundaries: Studies from the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Turkey. Isis Press. p. 4. ISBN 9789754284126.
- ^ a b 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. 271. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ 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 28 March 2022.