Kentro, Grevena Explained

Kentro
Name Local:Κέντρο
Type:community
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Grevena
Municunit:Ventzio
Population:161
Population As Of:2021
Area:42.42
Coordinates:40.0183°N 58.3°W
Postal Code:511 00
Area Code:+30-2462
Licence:PN
Elevation:654

Kentro (before 1927: Βέντσια – Ventsia)[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 Ventzio, of which it was a municipal district.[2] The 2021 census recorded 161 residents in the community. The community of Kentro covers an area of 42.42 km2.[3]

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 207 Greek Christians and 150 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900.[4]

Ventsia was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[5] [6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 261 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Ventsia were from Asia Minor (3) and Pontus (35) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 131 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 39 (122 people).[7]

Administrative division

The community of Kentro consists of three separate settlements:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Ventsia – Kentron. 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. Book: Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E.. History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. 1973. Institute for Balkan Studies. 9780900834899. 348.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.