Metamorfosi, Kastoria

Community in Macedonia, Greece

40°33′47.5″N 21°19′9.8″E / 40.563194°N 21.319389°E / 40.563194; 21.319389CountryGreeceGeographic regionMacedoniaAdministrative regionWestern MacedoniaRegional unitKastoriaMunicipalityKastoriaMunicipal unitVitsiPopulation

(2021)^[1]

• Community274Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Metamorfosi (Greek: Μεταμόρφωση, before 1950: Κοντορρόπη – Kontorropi^[2]) is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Metamorfosi and Foteini.

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.^[3] The village Metamorfosi had a total of 341 inhabitants, and was populated by 300 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.^[4]

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: Kontorropi – Metamorfosis". Pandektis. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ 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. 516. Retrieved 14 June 2024. "Κοντορόπη, Πληθυσμός: 341, Σλαυόφωνοι: 300, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"