Akrites, Kastoria

For the Byzantine border guards, see Akritai.

Akrites (Greek: Ακρίτες) is a municipal unit of Nestorio Municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.^[2] The municipal unit has an area of 85.724 km^2[3] with a population of 590 inhabitants according to 2021 Greek census.^[1]

Akrites Ακρίτες
Municipal unit
Akrites Location of Akrites
Coordinates: 40°29′N 21°00′E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kastoria
Municipality	Nestorio
Area
• Municipal unit	85.7 km2 (33.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	590
• Municipal unit density	6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	KT
Website	nestorio.gr

Communities

The communities of the municipal unit are (settlements in brackets):^[2][1]

• Chionato^[4]
• Dipotamia^[5] (incl. Kali Vrysi^[6] and Mesovracho^[7])
• Komninades^[8]
• Polyanemo^[9]

Notable people

• Symeon Kortsalis, Greek revolutionary from Polyanemo who participated in Greek revolution of 1821^[10]
• Christina Giazitzidou, Greek rower, originally from Chionato, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London^[11]