Lithia, Kastoria

Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 21°24′36″E / 40.52083°N 21.41000°E / 40.52083; 21.41000
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Lithia
Lithia is located in Greece
Lithia
Lithia
Coordinates: 40°31′15″N 21°24′36″E / 40.52083°N 21.41000°E / 40.52083; 21.41000
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityKastoria
Municipal unitAgioi Anargyroi
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community263
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Lithia (Greek: Λιθιά, before 1926: Κομανίτσοβον - Komanitsovon[2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 755 people in the village and in 1923 there were 260 inhabitants (or 30 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Komanitsovo there were 3 refugee families from East Thrace and 20 refugee families from Pontus.[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 642 village inhabitants.[3] There were 21 refugee families (76 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: Komanitsovon – Lithia". 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.