Limnochori, Florina
Limnochori (Greek: Λιμνοχώρι, before 1926: Τσερκέζκιοϊ – Tserkezkioi, alternative old name: Άγιοι Θεόδωροι – Agioi Theodoroi) is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 122 people in the village, and 122 inhabitants (30 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tserkezkioi were from the Caucasus (27) and five others from an unidentified location in 1926. In 1928 there were 37 refugee families (126 people). After the population exchange, the village mosque was demolished and replaced with a community store.
References
- ^ "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: Tserkezkioi – Limnochori". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ 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. 74. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 280. Retrieved 28 March 2022.