Ieropigi | |
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Coordinates: 40°34′44″N 21°4′52″E / 40.57889°N 21.08111°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Kastraki |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Community | 253 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Ieropigi ( Greek: Ιεροπηγή, before 1927: Κοστενέτσι - Kostenetsi [2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The Greek census (1920) recorded 563 people in the village. [3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Kostenetsi there were 11 refugee families from Pontus. [3] The Greek census (1991) recorded 501 village inhabitants. [3] There were 12 refugee families (53 people) in 1928. [3]
By the 1950s, the Greek government assisted a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians to settle in depopulated villages of the area like Ieropigi. [4] Aromanians are now the only inhabitants of the village. [4]