Melanthio, Kastoria Explained

Melanthio
Type:community
Coordinates:40.3958°N 21.1292°W
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Kastoria
Municipality:Argos Orestiko
Municunit:Argos Orestiko
Population As Of:2021
Population:104
Georegion:Macedonia

Melanthio (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μελάνθιο, before 1927: Ζαμπύρδενη – Zampyrdeni[1]) is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Melanthio, Niki and Petropoulaki.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 592 people in the village and in 1923 there were 600 inhabitants (or 70 families) who were Muslim. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Zampyrdeni there were 69 refugee families from Pontus in 1926. The Greek census (1928) recorded 320 village inhabitants. In 1928 there were 72 refugee families (309 people).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Zampyrdeni – Melanthio. 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. didaktorika.gr.