Makrochori (Greek: Μακροχώρι, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη - Konomplati;[2] Bulgarian and Macedonian: Кономлади, Konomladi), is a village of Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.[3]
Makrochori | |
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  Makrochori | |
| Coordinates: 40°40′24″N 21°15′48″E / 40.67333°N 21.26333°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Korestia |
| Elevation | 930 m (3,050 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 93 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History edit
According to a local legend, the village was founded by three brothers who fled from the Ottoman Turks in the village of Tser.
The castle of Makrochori is located 4 km west of the village, is considered a large organized facility. The settlement developed on the bank of the present river Livadopotamos, reaches up to a point, its citadel, and hosted an important mining center of Orestis since in many places volumes of iron ore were found.[4]
A village in Petrich Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, is named Novo Konomladi (Bulgarian: Ново Кономлади, "New Konomladi"). This is because it was mostly populated by Bulgarian refugees from Makrochori who moved to Bulgaria after the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.[5]
In the Greek census of 1920 there were 1031 people in Konomplati and the Greek census of 1928 recorded 802 village inhabitants.[6] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, there were 2 refugee families (11 people) in 1928.[6]
Νotable natives edit
- Mitre the Vlach (1873–1907), Aromanian IMARO revolutionary
- Stoyan Christowe (1898–1995), American writer
- Nikos Gioutsos (1942–2023), Greek football striker[7][8]
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Konomplati – Makrochori". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Μακροχώρι ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Τυρρηνοί: Κάστρα φρούρια και ακροπόλεις της Π.Ε. Καστοριάς (του Σταύρου Π. Καπλάνογλου)". OlaDeka (in Greek). 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ Balkansko ezikoznanie. Vol. 36. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 1993. p. 46.
... by the new settlers of Novo Konomladi, the region of Blagoevgrad, who moved from Konomladi, the region of Kostur...
- ^ a b 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. 77. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ ""Έμπαινε Γιούτσο". Πώς ο Ολυμπιακός τον "έκλεψε" από την ΑΕΚ, με τη βοήθεια του Μανώλη Γλέζου. Αρνήθηκε να παίξει στην Εθνική Ουγγαρίας". ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ (in Greek). 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Ουγγαρία, ούζο, Ολυμπιακός: "Έμπαινε Γιούτσο, έμπαινε"". Sport-Retro.gr (in Greek). 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
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