Polyanemo Explained

Polyanemo
Name Local:	Πολυάνεμο
Type:	community
Coordinates:	40.5347°N 21.0392°W
Periph:	Western Macedonia
Periphunit:	Kastoria
Municipality:	Nestorio
Municunit:	Akrites
Population As Of:	2021
Population:	11
Georegion:	Macedonia

Polyanemo (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πολυάνεμο, before 1926: Κόρτσιστα – Kortsista^[1]) is a village in the Kastoria region, Macedonia, Greece.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 243 inhabitants in the village and in 1923 there were 50 Muslim families.^[2]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.^[3] The village Polyanemo had a total of 273 inhabitants, and was populated by 240 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Kortsista – Polyanemo. 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. 28 March 2022. 77.
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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. 517. "Πολυάνεμος, Πληθυσμός: 273, Σλαυόφωνοι: 240, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"