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'''Krystallopigi''' ({{lang-el|Κρυσταλλοπηγή}}; ]: Смрдеш, ''Smrdeš'') is a former ] in ], ], ]. Krystallopigi means "crystal source". Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis> Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}</ref> The population is 383 (2001). The main village is also called Krystallopigi. After the Greek Civil War, the village was resettled with ] from ]. Today they still form the majority of the towns population. Here is located the depopulated village ]. |
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'''Krystallopigi''' ({{lang-el|Κρυσταλλοπηγή}}; is a former ] in ], ], ]. Krystallopigi means "crystal source". Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis> Greece Ministry of Interior {{el icon}}</ref> The population is 383 (2001). The main village is also called Krystallopigi. After the Greek Civil War, the village was resettled with ] from ]. Today they still form the majority of the towns population. Here is located the depopulated village ]. |
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Krystallopigi ] ] to the west; ] to the north; ], ], to the east and southeast; and ], ], to the south. A major road ] into ] is located here. The Albanian side of the border crossing is known as Kapshtica, 9 km east from ]. |
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Krystallopigi ] ] to the west; ] to the north; ], ], to the east and southeast; and ], ], to the south. A major road ] into ] is located here. The Albanian side of the border crossing is known as Kapshtica, 9 km east from ]. |
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== History == |
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The bigger part of the population of Smerdesh in 19th and in the beginning of 20th century was Bulgarian.<ref></ref> There were 1780 inhabitants in 1900.<ref>, </ref> |
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Many residents of Smardesh took part in the struggle of ]. There was an illegal foundry and depot for ] in 1903.<ref></ref><ref></ref> The village was burned by Turkish troops and ] irregulars in May 1903.<ref>Brailsford, H. N., op. cit., p. 144-146, Македония и Одринско (1893-1903). Мемоар на Вътрешната организация, 1904, с. 203</ref>. It was plundered and burned for the second time in 1903 during the ].<ref>Шклифов, Благой и Екатерина Шклифова. Български диалектни текстове от Егейска Македония, София 2003, с. 32 (Shklifov, Blagoy and Ekaterina Shklifova. Bulgarian dialect texts from Aegean Macedonia Sofia 2003, p. 32), Македония и Одринско (1893-1903). Мемоар на Вътрешната организация, 1904, с. 203</ref> |
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The name of the village was changed to Krystallopigi in 1926. In 1951, the village was declared entirely uninhabited, and later ] from ] and from the vicinity of ] were settled there. |
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==Demographics== |
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