Ammochori
Ammochori | |
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  Ammochori | |
| Coordinates: 40°46′55″N 21°29′5″E / 40.78194°N 21.48472°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Perasma |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 1,077 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ammochori (Greek: Αμμοχώρι, before 1927: Πεσόνιτσα - Pesonitsa,[2] Macedonian/Bulgarian: Песочница, Pesochnitsa) is a village in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
The Greek census (1920) recorded 796 people in the village and in 1923 there were 60 inhabitants (or 8 families) who were Muslim.[3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Pesonitsa there were refugee families from Asia Minor (2), Pontus (29) and the Caucasus (17).[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 1092 village inhabitants.[3] There were 49 refugee families (195 people) in 1928.[3]
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: Pesonitsa – Ammochorion". Pandektis. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ 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. 74. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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