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Community in Macedonia, Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Korisos | |
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Coordinates: 40°30′18″N 21°22′37″E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Agioi Anargyroi |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 902 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The 1920 Greek census recorded 1921 people in the village, and 650 inhabitants (75 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in the village were from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (67) and Pontus (15) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,468 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 88 (358 people).[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]
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