Kleisoreia Explained

Kleisoreia
Name Local:Κλεισώρεια
Type:community
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Kozani
Municipality:Voio
Population:35
Population As Of:2021
Elevation:870
Coordinates:40.3215°N 31.578°W
Postal Code:500 02
Area Code:+30-2468
Licence:ΚΖ

Kleisoreia (el|Κλεισώρεια, before 1927: Τραπαντούστιον – Trapantoustion),[1] is a village and a community of the Voio municipality in Western Macedonia, Greece.[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Tsotyli, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 35 inhabitants in the village.

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 237 Greek Christians lived in the village in 1900.[3]

Trapantoustion was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[4] The 1920 Greek census recorded 267 people in the village. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Trapantoustion were from Pontus (10) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 211 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 9 (31 people).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Trapantoustion – Kleisoreia. Pandektis. 23 August 2024.
  2. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  3. [Vasil Kanchov|Kanchov, Vasil]
  4. Metoki. Athanasia. 2016. Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών. The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena. Masters. el. University of Macedonia. 1 September 2024. 3, 14.
  5. 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. 26 August 2024. 83.