Mesovouno

Mesovouno
Μεσόβουνο
Community
Mesovouno is located in Greece
Mesovouno
Mesovouno
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 40°37.6′N 21°50′E / 40.6267°N 21.833°E / 40.6267; 21.833
CountryGreece
Administrative regionWest Macedonia
Regional unitKozani
MunicipalityEordaia
Municipal unitVermio
Elevation
840 m (2,760 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Community
334
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
500 06
Area code+30-2463
Vehicle registrationΚΖ
Monument in memory of the victims of the Mesovouno massacre

Mesovouno (Greek: Μεσόβουνο), known before 1927 as Karmishta (Greek: Κρίμσια), is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Vermio, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 334 inhabitants in the village. The village is populated primarily by Pontian Greek refugees who arrived from the Sivas region of Asia Minor during the Greek–Turkish population exchange in the early 1920s. The 1928 Greek census recorded 801 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 220 (805 people).

History

In October 1941 and April 1944, during the Axis occupation of Greece, the Wehrmacht perpetrated the Mesovouno massacres in the village. A total of 268 civilians were killed.

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ↑ Πελαγίδης, Ευστάθιος (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία: 1923-1930 (Thesis) (in Greek). Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης. p. 83.