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Akrites Ακρίτες
Municipal unit
AkritesLocation of Akrites
Coordinates: 40°29′N 21°00′E / 40.483°N 21.000°E / 40.483; 21.000
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kastoria
Municipality	Nestorio
Area
• Municipal unit	85.7 km (33.1 sq mi)
Population
• Municipal unit	590
• Municipal unit density	6.9/km (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	KT
Website	nestorio.gr

Akrites (Greek: Ακρίτες) is a municipal unit of Nestorio Municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of 85.724 km with a population of 590 inhabitants according to 2021 Greek census.

Communities

The communities of the municipal unit are (settlements in brackets):

• Chionato
• Dipotamia (incl. Kali Vrysi and Mesovracho)
• Komninades
• Polyanemo

Notable people

• Symeon Kortsalis, Greek revolutionary from Polyanemo who participated in Greek revolution of 1821
• Christina Giazitzidou, Greek rower, originally from Chionato, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

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. ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF). Hellenic Statistical Authority (in Greek). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.
4. "Χιονάτο ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΝΕΣΤΟΡΙΟΥ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
5. "Διποταμιά ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΝΕΣΤΟΡΙΟΥ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
6. "Καλή Βρύση ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΝΕΣΤΟΡΙΟΥ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
7. "Μεσόβραχο ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΝΕΣΤΟΡΙΟΥ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
8. "Κομνηνάδες ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΝΕΣΤΟΡΙΟΥ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
9. "Πολυάνεμο ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΝΕΣΤΟΡΙΟΥ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-16.
10. Chionidis, Georgios. "Greek fighters of 1821, listed Macedonians" (PDF). Society for Macedonian Studies.
11. "Εκδήλωση στο Χιονάτο για να τιμηθεί η Ολυμπιονίκης Χριστίνα Γιαζιτζίδου". NewsNowgr.com (in Greek). 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-11.

External links

• Kastoria to Dipotamia: Bouzouki evening on greekhiking.com

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