Korisos, Kastoria Explained

Korisos
Type:community
Coordinates:40.505°N 21.3769°W
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Kastoria
Municipality:Kastoria
Municunit:Agioi Anargyroi
Population As Of:2021
Population:902
Georegion:Macedonia

Korisos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κορησός, before 1919: Γκορένση – Gkorensi[1]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Korisos and Agios Nikolaos.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 1921 people in the village and in 1923 there were 650 inhabitants (or 75 families) who were Muslim. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in the village there were refugee families from East Thrace (5), Asia Minor (67) and Pontus (15) in 1926. The Greek census (1928) recorded 1468 village inhabitants. In 1928, there were 88 refugee families (358 people).[2]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[3] The village Korisos had a total of 1552 inhabitants, and was populated by 775 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkorensi – Korisos. 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. 76.
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  4. Alvanos. Raymondos. 2005. Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949). Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949). Ph.D.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 16 June 2024. 516. "Κορησός, Πληθυσμός: 1552, Σλαυόφωνοι: 775, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"