Rodonas Explained

Rodonas (el|Ροδώνας, before 1926: Γκιούλεντς – Gkioulents)^[1] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The 1920 Greek census recorded 129 people in the village, and 1,123 inhabitants (33 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Gkioulents were 28 from the Caucasus (28) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 110 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 28 (91 people).^[2] In the early years after their arrival, the refugees used the village mosque as a school, later it was abandoned (and in the modern period no longer exists) when a new school building was constructed.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkioulents – Rodonas. Pandektis. 30 March 2022.
2. 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. 30 March 2022. 75.
3. Stavridopoulos. Ioannis. 2015. Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα. Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present. Ph.D.. el. University of Ioannina. 28 March 2022. 282.