Petres ( el, Πέτρες, before 1926: Πέτερσκον - ''Peterskon''
) is a village in
Florina Regional Unit,
Macedonia,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
.
The Greek census (1920) recorded 851 people in the village and in 1923 there were 400 inhabitants (or 69 families) who were Muslim.
Following the
Greek-Turkish population exchange
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the " Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...
, in 1926 within Peterskon there were refugee families from
East Thrace (20),
Asia Minor
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
(5) and
Pontus
Pontus or Pontos may refer to:
* Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea)
* Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology
* Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...
(13).
The Greek census (1928) recorded 712 village inhabitants.
There were 32 refugee families (151 people) in 1928.
References
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Populated places in Florina (regional unit)
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