Antigonos, Florina Explained

Antigonos
Type:community
Coordinates:40.64°N 21.7617°W
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Florina
Municipality:Amyntaio
Municunit:Filotas
Population As Of:2021
Population:374
Georegion:Macedonia

Antigonos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αντίγονος, before 1928: Κιοσελέρ – Kioseler[1]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 1174 people in the village and in 1923 there were 1100 inhabitants who were Muslim. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Kioseler there were refugee families from East Thrace (13), Asia Minor (129) and Pontus (6) in 1926. The Greek census (1928) recorded 619 village inhabitants. In 1928 there were 148 refugee families (595 people).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Kioseler – Antigonos. Pandektis. 30 March 2022.
  2. Pelagidis. Efstathios. 1992. Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930). The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930. Ph.D.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 30 March 2022. 74.