Avgi, Kastoria

Avgi
Community
Avgi is located in Greece
Avgi
Avgi
Coordinates: 40°25′9″N 21°10′36″E / 40.41917°N 21.17667°E / 40.41917; 21.17667
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityKastoria
Municipal unitAgia Triada
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
129
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Avgi (Greek: Αυγή, before 1928: Μπρέστενη – Bresteni,[2] renamed until 1929: Κρύα Νερά – Krya Nera)[3] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The 1920 Greek census recorded 312 people in the village, and 200 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923.[4] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Bresteni were from East Thrace (2), Asia Minor (8), Pontus (5), the Caucasus (22) and one other from an unidentified location in 1926.[4] The 1928 Greek census recorded 265 village inhabitants.[4] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 39 (143 people).[4] After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees who settled in the village demolished its mosque.[5]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[6] The village Avgi had a total of 416 inhabitants, and was populated by 208 Slavophones with 80 percent having a Bulgarian national consciousness.[7]

References

  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. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Bresteni – Krya Nera". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Krya Nera – Avgi". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ 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.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ 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.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
  7. ^ 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.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 515. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Αυγή, Πληθυσμός: 416, Σλαυόφωνοι: 208, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι κατά 80%"