Avgi, Kastoria

Community in Macedonia, Greece

40°25′9″N 21°10′36″E / 40.41917°N 21.17667°E / 40.41917; 21.17667CountryGreeceGeographic regionMacedoniaAdministrative regionWestern MacedoniaRegional unitKastoriaMunicipalityKastoriaMunicipal unitAgia TriadaPopulation

(2021)^[1]

• Community129Time 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 Greek census (1920) recorded 312 people in the village and in 1923 there were 200 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim.^[4] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Bresteni there were refugee families from East Thrace (2), Asia Minor (8), Pontus (5), the Caucasus (22) and one other from an unidentified location.^[4] The Greek census (1928) recorded 265 village inhabitants.^[4] There were 39 refugee families (143 people) in 1928.^[4] After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees who settled in the village demolished its mosque.^[5]

References

^ "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: Bresteni – Krya Nera". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Krya Nera – Avgi". 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.
^ 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.). University of Ioannina. p. 273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.