Agios Dimitrios | |
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Settlement | |
  Agios Dimitrios | |
| Coordinates: 40°35′10″N 21°3′47″E / 40.58611°N 21.06306°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Kastraki |
| Community | Ieropigi |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος, before 1928: Λαμπάνιστα – Lampanista)[1] is an abandoned village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Ieropigi.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 253 people in the village.[2] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Lampanista were from Pontus (4) in 1926.[2] The 1928 Greek census recorded 228 village inhabitants.[2] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 5 (18 people).[2]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[3] The village Agios Dimitrios had a total of 223 inhabitants, and was populated by 210 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[4]
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Lampanista – Agios Dimitrios". Pandektis. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 77. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
- ^ 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.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 515. Retrieved 15 June 2024. "Άγιος Δημήτριος, Πληθυσμός: 223, Σλαυόφωνοι: 210, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι"