Limnochori, Florina Explained

Limnochori
Name Local:Λιμνοχώρι
Type:community
Coordinates:40.6225°N 21.5567°W
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Florina
Municipality:Amyntaio
Municunit:Aetos
Population As Of:2021
Population:184
Georegion:Macedonia

Limnochori (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Λιμνοχώρι, before 1926: Τσερκέζκιοϊ – Tserkezkioi, alternative old name: Άγιοι Θεόδωροι – Agioi Theodoroi[1]) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 122 people in the village and in 1923 there were 122 inhabitants (or 30 families) who were Muslim. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Tserkezkioi there were 27 refugee families from the Caucasus and 5 refugee families from an unidentified location in 1926. In 1928 there were 37 refugee families (126 people).[2] After the population exchange, the village mosque was demolished and replaced with a community store.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Tserkezkioi – Limnochori. 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.
  3. 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.. el. University of Ioannina. 28 March 2022. 280.