Administrative Region : West Macedonia
Regional unit : Kastoria
Sidirochori (Σιδηροχώρι) Kastoria
Sidirochori is a settlement in Western Macedonia in the Regional Unit of Kastoria.[1]
General information
Sidirochori is built at an altitude of 1,040 meters on the slopes of Mount Vernos[1] and is one of the most mountainous villages in Macedonia. Sidirochori belongs to the municipality of Kastoria[2] and its population according to the 2011 census is 82 inhabitants.[3] Until 1928 it was called Sistevo.[2] The sacred post-Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos, a three-aisled basilica from 1813, has been declared a historical monument by the Ministry of Culture.[4]
Historical data
From Sistevo was the revolutionary Nakos of the Macedonian Revolution of 1896 who played an important role in the subsequent Macedonian Struggle.[5] Another important Sistevo Macedonian fighter was Athanasios Navatsis of Constantine who was killed in Teicholista (Toichio)[6].
Population changes
Population trend[7]:
Census year Residents
1928 628
1940 609
1951 315
1961 190
1971 162
1981 182
1991 155
2001 125
2011 82
References
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica. 54. Papyrus Publishing House. 1996. p. 29.
"Sidirochorion Kastoria". Administrative changes of local authorities. Hellenic Society for Local Development and Self-Government. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
"Official Gazette of the results of the 2011 PERMANENT population Census", p. 10553 (p. 79 of the pdf)
Website of the Ministry of Culture - Permanent list of declared archaeological sites and monuments, Declaration of post-Byzantine churches of Western Macedonia as historical monuments of preservation. Archived 2022-08-16 at the Wayback Machine.
Konstantinos Apostolou Vakalopoulos, Ethnic Struggle in Macedonia (1894 – 1904), Macedonia on the Eve of the Macedonian Struggle, Herodotus, Thessaloniki, 1999, pp. 297 - 299
Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (scientific editor), Invisible, Native Macedonian Fighters, Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 88
A Concise Geographical Dictionary, Stamatelatou, Ermis Publishing House
| Municipal unit Vitsi |
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| Community Vyssinia |
| Βυσσινέα, η |
| Community Metamorfosi |
| Metamorfosi (Μεταμόρφωσις, η) |
| Foteini (Φωτεινή, η) |
| Community Oxy |
| Oxya (Οξυά, η) |
| Community Polykeraso |
| Polykeraso (Πολυκέρασο, το)_ |
| Community Sidirochori |
| Sidirochori (Σιδηροχώρι, το) |
| Community Toichio |
| Τοιχίο, το |
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