Kentro, Grevena

For other uses, see Kentro.

Kentro Κέντρο
Community
Kentro
Coordinates: 40°1.1′N 21°37.3′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Municipal unit	Ventzio
Area
• Community	42.42 km^2 (16.38 sq mi)
Elevation	654 m (2,146 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	161
• Density	3.8/km^2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	511 00
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Kentro (Greek: Κέντρο, before 1927: Βέντσια – Ventsia)[2] is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Ventzio, of which it was a municipal district.[3] The 2021 census recorded 161 residents in the community.[1] The community of Kentro covers an area of 42.42 km^2.[4]

According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov ("Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"), 207 Greek Christians and 150 Greek Muslims lived in the village in 1900.[5]

Ventsia was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.[6][7] The 1920 Greek census recorded 261 people in the village, and 260 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.[8] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Ventsia were from Asia Minor (3) and Pontus (35) in 1926.[8] The 1928 Greek census recorded 131 village inhabitants.[8] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 39 (122 people).[8]

Administrative division

The community of Kentro consists of three separate settlements:[1]

• Agalaioi (population 38 as of 2021)
• Kentro (population 68)
• Nisi (population 55)

See also

• List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit

References

1. "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.
2. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Ventsia – Kentron". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
5. Kanchov, Vasil, Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics, Sofia, 1900, book 2, p. 47. Written as "Вѣнци (Вѣнче)". (in Bulgarian)
6. Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
7. Metoki, Athanasia (2016). Οι ελληνόφωνοι μουσουλμάνοι της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας: η περίπτωση των Βαλαάδων της Κοζάνης και των Γρεβενών [The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia: The case of the Vallahades of Kozani and Grevena] (Masters) (in Greek). University of Macedonia. pp. 3, 15. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
8. 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. 84. Retrieved 26 August 2024.