Kentro (Greek: Κέντρο, before 1927: Βέντσια – Ventsia)[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 Ventzio, of which it was a municipal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 161 residents in the community.[1] The community of Kentro covers an area of 42.42 km2.[4]
According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 207 Greek Christians and 150 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900.[5]
Ventsia was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[6][7] The 1920 Greek census recorded 261 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.[8] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Ventsia were from Asia Minor (3) and Pontus (35) in 1926.[8] The 1928 Greek census recorded 131 village inhabitants.[8] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 39 (122 people).[8]
Administrative division
The community of Kentro consists of three separate settlements:[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "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: Ventsia – Kentron". 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. 47. Written as "Вѣнци (Вѣнче)". (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
- ^ Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 15. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ 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.