Makrochori Explained

Makrochori
Type:community
Coordinates:40.6733°N 21.2633°W
Elevation:930
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Kastoria
Municipality:Kastoria
Municunit:Korestia
Population As Of:2021
Population:93
Georegion:Macedonia

Makrochori (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μακροχώρι, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη – Konomplati;[1] Bulgarian and Macedonian: Кономлади, Konomladi), is a village of Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.[2]

History

According to a local legend, the village was founded by three brothers who fled from the Ottoman Turks in the village of Tser.

The castle of Makrochori is located 4 km west of the village, is considered a large organized facility. The settlement developed on the bank of the present river, reaches up to a point, its citadel, and hosted an important mining center of Orestis since in many places volumes of iron ore were found.[3]

A village in Petrich Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, is named Novo Konomladi (Bulgarian: Ново Кономлади, "New Konomladi"). This is because it was mostly populated by Bulgarian refugees from Makrochori who moved to Bulgaria after the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.[4]

In the Greek census of 1920 there were 1031 people in Konomplati and the Greek census of 1928 recorded 802 village inhabitants. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, there were 2 refugee families (11 people) in 1928.[5]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[6] The village Makrochori had a total of 1031 inhabitants, and was populated by 1000 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[7]

Νotable natives

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Konomplati – Makrochori. Pandektis. 30 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Μακροχώρι ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ buk.gr. 2021-12-12. buk.gr. el.
  3. Web site: 2020-08-12. Τυρρηνοί: Κάστρα φρούρια και ακροπόλεις της Π.Ε. Καστοριάς (του Σταύρου Π. Καπλάνογλου). 2021-12-12. OlaDeka. el.
  4. Book: Balkansko ezikoznanie. 1993. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 36. 46. ... by the new settlers of Novo Konomladi, the region of Blagoevgrad, who moved from Konomladi, the region of Kostur....
  5. 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. 77.
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  7. 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.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 16 June 2024. 516. "Μακροχώριον, Πληθυσμός: 1031, Σλαυόφωνοι: 1000, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι"
  8. Web site: 2018-01-09. "Έμπαινε Γιούτσο". Πώς ο Ολυμπιακός τον "έκλεψε" από την ΑΕΚ, με τη βοήθεια του Μανώλη Γλέζου. Αρνήθηκε να παίξει στην Εθνική Ουγγαρίας. 2021-12-12. ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ. el.
  9. Web site: 2018-04-15. Ουγγαρία, ούζο, Ολυμπιακός: "Έμπαινε Γιούτσο, έμπαινε". 2021-12-12. Sport-Retro.gr. el.