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Myrsina Μυρσίνα
Community
Myrsina
Coordinates: 40°7.4′N 21°28.5′E / 40.1233°N 21.4750°E / 40.1233; 21.4750
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Grevena
Municipality	Grevena
Municipal unit	Grevena
Area
• Community	25.494 km (9.843 sq mi)
Elevation	608 m (1,995 ft)
Population
• Community	294
• Density	12/km (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	511 00
Area code(s)	+30-2462
Vehicle registration	PN

Myrsina (Greek: Μυρσίνα, before 1927: Γκομπλάρι – Gkomplari) is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Grevena, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 294 residents in the community. The community of Myrsina covers an area of 25.494 km.

Administrative division

The community of Myrsina consists of two separate settlements:

• Asprokampos (population 58 as of 2021)
• Myrsina (population 236)

Population

Gkomplari was populated by Greek speaking Muslim Vallahades. The 1920 Greek census recorded 385 people in the village, and 385 inhabitants (78 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Gkomplari were from East Thrace (1), Asia Minor (28) and Pontus (66) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 360 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 95 (354 people).

See also

• List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit

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. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkomplari – Mersina". Pandektis. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
5. Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. (1973). History of Macedonia, 1354–1833. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 348. ISBN 9780900834899.
6. 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, 14. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
7. ^ 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.
8. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

• Populated places in Grevena (regional unit)
• Grevena
• Former Vallahades settlements