Kokkinia, Grevena Explained

Kokkinia (before 1927: Σούμπινο – Soumpino)^[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.^[2] The 2021 census recorded 136 residents in the community. The community of Kokkinia covers an area of 16.28 km².^[3]

Soumpino was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.^{[4] [5]} The 1920 Greek census recorded 459 people in the village, and 200 inhabitants (50 families) were Muslim in 1923.

Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Soumpino were from Asia Minor (10) and Pontus (43) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 573 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 52 (185 people).^[6] Nea Trapezounta, a neighbourhood of Kokkinia populated by Greek refugees was listed as a separate new village in the 1981 census.^[7]

Administrative division

The community of Kokkinia consists of two separate settlements:

• Kokkinia (population 125 as of 2021)
• Nea Trapezounta (population 11)

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: Soumpino – Kokkinia. 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. Book: Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E.. History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. 1973. Institute for Balkan Studies. 9780900834899. 348.
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.
7. Sarantis. Theodoros. Τα Γρεβενά (Συμβολή στην ιστορία τους). el. Makedonika. 26. 1987. 260. 10.12681/makedonika.1083. free.