Pteria (Greek: Πτεριά, before 1926: Άνω Παπράτσκο - Ano Papratsko[2]) is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Pteria, Kato Pteria and Akontio.
Pteria | |
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Coordinates: 40°30′20″N 21°3′16″E / 40.50556°N 21.05444°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Kastoria |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 111 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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The Greek census (1920) recorded 454 people in the village and in 1923 there were 450 inhabitants (or 60 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Papratsko there were 50 refugee families from Pontus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 294 village inhabitants.[3] There were 49 refugee families (194 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 had a total of 511 inhabitants, and was populated by 91 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]
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: Ano Papratsko – Ano Fteria". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 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 30 March 2022.
- ^ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
- ^ 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. 517. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Φτεριά, Κάτω Φτεριά, Πληθυσμός: 511, Σλαυόφωνοι: 91, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"