Kranochori
Kranochori | |
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Settlement | |
  Kranochori | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′27″N 21°5′57″E / 40.45750°N 21.09917°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Nestorio |
| Municipal unit | Nestorio |
| Community | Ptelea |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 192 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kranochori (Greek: Κρανοχώρι, before 1928: Δρανίτσι – Dranitsi)[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Ptelea.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 289 people in the village, and 25 inhabitants (4 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Dranitsi were from Pontus (6) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 305 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 6 (17 people).[3]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village Kranochori had a total of 377 inhabitants, and was populated by 320 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]
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.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Dranitsi – Kranochori". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 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.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ 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. 517. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Κρανοχώριον, Πληθυσμός: 377, Σλαυόφωνοι: 320, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"