Ieropigi | |
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Coordinates: 40°34′44″N 21°4′52″E / 40.57889°N 21.08111°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Kastraki |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 253 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ieropigi (Greek: Ιεροπηγή, before 1927: Κοστενέτσι – Kostenetsi;[2] Bulgarian/Macedonian: Косинец - Kosinets/Kosinec) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Ieropigi and Agios Dimitrios.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 563 people in the village.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Kostenetsi were from Pontus (11) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 501 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 12 (53 people).[3]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village Ieropigi had a total of 458 inhabitants, and was populated by 400 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]
By the 1950s, the Greek government assisted a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians to settle in depopulated villages of the area like Ieropigi.[6] Aromanians are now the only inhabitants of the village.[6]