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Kokkinia, Grevena

Community in Greece

Kokkinia Κοκκινιά
Community
40°12.5′N 21°29.1′E / 40.2083°N 21.4850°E / 40.2083; 21.4850
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Municipal unit	Irakleotes
Area
• Community	16.28 km² (6.29 sq mi)
Elevation	669 m (2,195 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Community	136
• Density	8.4/km² (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	510 30
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Kokkinia (Greek: Κοκκινιά, before 1927: Σούμπινο – Soumpino)^[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 Irakleotes, of which it was a municipal district.^[3] The 2021 census recorded 136 residents in the community.^[1] The community of Kokkinia covers an area of 16.28 km².^[4]

Soumpino was a mixed village and a part of its population were Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades.^[5]^[6] The 1920 Greek census recorded 459 people in the village, and 200 inhabitants (50 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[7]

Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Soumpino were from Asia Minor (10) and Pontus (43) in 1926.^[7] The 1928 Greek census recorded 573 village inhabitants.^[7] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 52 (185 people).^[7] Nea Trapezounta, a neighbourhood of Kokkinia populated by Greek refugees was listed as a separate new village in the 1981 census.^[8]

Administrative division

The community of Kokkinia consists of two separate settlements:^[1]

Kokkinia (population 125 as of 2021)
Nea Trapezounta (population 11)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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: Soumpino – Kokkinia". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
^ "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.
^ Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
^ 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.
^ ^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. 84. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ Sarantis, Theodoros (1987). "Τα Γρεβενά (Συμβολή στην ιστορία τους)". Makedonika (in Greek). 26: 260.