Agios Georgios, Grevena

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Agios Georgios
Άγιος Γεώργιος
Agios Georgios is located in Greece
Agios Georgios
Agios Georgios
Coordinates: 40°11.8′N 21°24.5′E / 40.1967°N 21.4083°E / 40.1967; 21.4083Coordinates: 40°11.8′N 21°24.5′E / 40.1967°N 21.4083°E / 40.1967; 21.4083
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitGrevena
MunicipalityGrevena
Municipal unitIrakleotes
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Community
[1]
 • Population452 (2011)
 • Area (km2)23.129
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
510 30
Area code(s)+30-2462-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registrationPNx-xxxx

Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος) is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Irakleotes, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.[2] The 2011 census recorded 452 residents in the village.[1] The community of Agios Georgios covers an area of 23.129 km2.[3]

Name[]

Agios Georgios was known, until 1927, as Τσούρχλι - Tsourchli.[4]

Demographics[]

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 200 Greek Christians, 400 Vallahades (Grecophone Muslims) and 40 Romani lived in the village in 1900.[5]

Notable people[]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
  4. ^ "Πανδέκτης: Tsourchli -- Agios Georgios". Retrieved 2018-11-14. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
  5. ^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 46. Written as "урхли (Зуркли, Джурхли)". (in Bulgarian)


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