Koryfi, Florina
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Settlement | |
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| Coordinates: 40°42′18″N 21°18′6″E / 40.70500°N 21.30167°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Florina |
| Community | Simos Ioannidis |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Koryfi (Greek: Κορυφή, before 1927: Τούρια – Touria)[1][2] is an abandoned village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.[3] The village had an altitude of 1,350 m (4,430 ft).[4] It was part of the community of Simos Ioannidis.
History
[edit]The inhabitants of Touria were Christian and belonged to the Bulgarian Exarchate.[3] Between 1912 and 1928, the village population numbered 480.[3] The population of Koryfi was 443 in 1940.[4] In the Greek Civil War, the village was occupied by the Democratic Army of Greece (DAG).[5] The inhabitants numbered 198 in 1951 and 219 in 1961.[4]
For reasons of development and security, Koryfi was one of several Slavophone villages whose population was forcibly relocated by the Greek government and resettled in the plains during the late 1960s.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Touria – Koryfi". Pandektis. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Τούρια – Κορυφή" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Touria – Koryfi]. EETAA (in Greek). Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Miska, Marialena Argyro (2020). Επώνυμοι Τόποι: Ονομασίες Οικισμών στην Περιοχή της Φλώρινας [Named Places: Names of Settlements in the Florina Region] (Master's thesis) (in Greek). University of Western Macedonia. p. 67. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Laiou 1987, p. 80.
- ^ Laiou, Angeliki E. (1987). "Population Movements in the Greek Countryside during the Civil War". In Bærentzen, Lars; Iatrides, John O.; Langwitz Smith, Ole (eds.). Studies in the History of the Greek Civil War, 1945–1949. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 80, 82. ISBN 9788772890043.
- ^ Kostopoulos, Tassos (2011). "How the North was won. Épuration ethnique, échange des populations et politique de colonisation dans la Macédoine grecque" [How the North was won. Ethnic cleansing, population exchange and settlement policy in Greek Macedonia]. European Journal of Turkish Studies (in French) (12). para. 56, footnote. 63. doi:10.4000/ejts.4437.