Agios Georgios, Grevena Explained

Agios Georgios (before 1927: Τσούρχλι – Tsourchli)^[1] 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.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 324 residents in the village. The community of Agios Georgios covers an area of 23.129 km².^[3]

Demographics

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 200 Greek Christians, 400 Greek Muslims and 40 Romani lived in the village in 1900.^[4]

Tsourchli was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.^[5] The 1920 Greek census recorded 919 people in the village, and 400 inhabitants (90 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Tsourchli were from Asia Minor (15) and Pontus (111) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 785 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 124 (413 people).^[6]

Notable people

• Bekir Fikri (1882–1914), Ottoman military officer

See also

• List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit

Notes and References

1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Tsourchli – Agios Georgios. Pandektis. 23 August 2024.
2. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
3. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .
4. [Vasil Kanchov|Kanchov, Vasil]
5. 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. el. University of Macedonia. 1 September 2024. 3, 15.
6. Pelagidis. Efstathios. 1992. Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930). The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930. Ph.D.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 26 August 2024. 84.