Makrochori ( el, Μακροχώρι, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη - ''Konomplati'';
and
Macedonian
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Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: Кономлади, ''Konomladi''), is a village of
Kastoria regional unit in
Western Macedonia,
Greece.
History
The castle of Makrochori is located 4 km west of the village, is considered a large organized facility. The settlement developed on the bank of the present river , reaches up to a point, its citadel, and hosted an important
mining center of
Orestis since in many places volumes of iron ore were found.
A village in
Petrich Municipality,
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Маке ...
,
Bulgaria, is named
Novo Konomladi
Novo Konomladi ( bg, Ново Кономлади ''New Konomladi'') is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. ( bg, Ново Кономлади, "New Konomladi"). This is because it was mostly populated by
Bulgarian refugees from Makrochori who moved to Bulgaria after the
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
of 1912–1913.
In the Greek census of 1920 there were 1031 people in Konomplati and the Greek census of 1928 recorded 802 village inhabitants.
Following the
Greek-Turkish population exchange, there were 2 refugee families (11 people) in 1928.
Νotable natives
*
Mitre the Vlach (1873–1907),
IMARO revolutionary
*
Stoyan Christowe
Stoyan Christowe (also known as Stojan Hristoff) was an American author, journalist and noted Vermont political figure. Born in then Konomladi (then a part of the Ottoman Empire), he is best remembered as the author of six books written about ...
(1898–1995), American writer
*
Nikos Gioutsos (1942– ), Greek
football striker
References
Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)
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