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Agios Dimitrios
Settlement
Agios Dimitrios
Coordinates: 40°35′10″N 21°3′47″E / 40.58611°N 21.06306°E / 40.58611; 21.06306
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kastoria
Municipality	Kastoria
Municipal unit	Kastraki
Community	Ieropigi
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος, before 1928: Λαμπάνιστα – Lampanista) is an abandoned village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Ieropigi.

The 1920 Greek census recorded 253 people in the village. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Lampanista were from Pontus (4) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 228 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 5 (18 people).

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. The village Agios Dimitrios had a total of 223 inhabitants, and was populated by 210 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.

References

1. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Lampanista – Agios Dimitrios". Pandektis. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
2. ^ 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. 77. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
3. Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
4. 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.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 515. Retrieved 15 June 2024. "Άγιος Δημήτριος, Πληθυσμός: 223, Σλαυόφωνοι: 210, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι"

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