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Omorfokklisia, Kastoria

Community in Macedonia, Greece

40°25′47″N 21°7′12″E / 40.42972°N 21.12000°E / 40.42972; 21.12000CountryGreeceGeographic regionMacedoniaAdministrative regionWestern MacedoniaRegional unitKastoriaMunicipalityKastoriaMunicipal unitAgia TriadaPopulation

(2021)^[1]

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Omorfokklisia (Greek: Ομορφοκκλησιά, before 1926: Γκάλιστα – Gkalista^[2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The Greek census (1920) recorded 596 people in the village and in 1923 there were 400 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim.^[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Gkalista there were 45 refugee families from Pontus in 1926.^[3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 406 village inhabitants.^[3] In 1928 there were 32 refugee families (118 people) .^[3] After the population exchange, the village mosque and the water fountain next to it were destroyed.^[4]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.^[5] The village Omorfokklisia had a total of 569 inhabitants, and was populated by 280 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.^[5]

References

^ "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: Gkalista – Omorfokklisia". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ ^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. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ 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.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. pp. 271–272. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 518. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Ομορφοκκλησιά, Πληθυσμός: 569, Σλαυόφωνοι: 280, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"