Pteria, Kastoria

Coordinates: 40°30′20″N 21°3′16″E / 40.50556°N 21.05444°E / 40.50556; 21.05444
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Pteria
Pteria is located in Greece
Pteria
Pteria
Coordinates: 40°30′20″N 21°3′16″E / 40.50556°N 21.05444°E / 40.50556; 21.05444
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityKastoria
Municipal unitKastoria
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community111
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pteria (Greek: Πτεριά, before 1926: Άνω Παπράτσκο - Ano Papratsko[2]) is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Pteria, Kato Pteria and Akontio.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 454 people in the village and in 1923 there were 450 inhabitants (or 60 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Papratsko there were 50 refugee families from Pontus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 294 village inhabitants.[3] There were 49 refugee families (194 people) in 1928.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Ano Papratsko – Ano Fteria". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ 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.). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.