Agios Dimitrios | |
Coordinates: | 40.5861°N 21.0631°W |
Periph: | Western Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Kastoria |
Municipality: | Kastoria |
Municunit: | Kastraki |
Community: | Ieropigi |
Georegion: | Macedonia |
Agios Dimitrios (el|Άγιος Δημήτριος, before 1928: Λαμπάνιστα – Lampanista)[1] is an abandoned village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Ieropigi.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 253 people in the village. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Lampanista were from Pontus (4) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 228 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 5 (18 people).[2]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[3] The village Agios Dimitrios had a total of 223 inhabitants, and was populated by 210 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[4]