Agios Georgios, Grevena

Community in Greece

Agios Georgios Άγιος Γεώργιος
Community
40°11.8′N 21°24.5′E / 40.1967°N 21.4083°E / 40.1967; 21.4083
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Municipal unit	Irakleotes
Area
• Community	23.129 km² (8.930 sq mi)
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	324
• Density	14/km² (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	510 30
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος, before 1927: Τσούρχλι – Tsourchli),^[2] is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Irakleotes, of which it was a municipal district and the seat.^[3] The 2021 census recorded 324 residents in the village.^[1] The community of Agios Georgios covers an area of 23.129 km².^[4]

Demographics

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 200 Greek Christians, 400 Vallahades (Grecophone Muslims) and 40 Romani lived in the village in 1900.^[5]

The 1920 Greek census recorded 919 people in the village, and 400 inhabitants (90 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[6] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsourchli were from Asia Minor (15) and Pontus (111) in 1926.^[6] The 1928 Greek census recorded 785 village inhabitants.^[6] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 124 (413 people).^[6]

Notable people

Bekir Fikri (1882–1914), Ottoman military officer

References

^ ^a ^b "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: Tsourchli – Agios Georgios". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
^ Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 46. Written as "урхли (Зуркли, Джурхли)". (in Bulgarian)
^ ^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. 84. Retrieved 26 August 2024.