Komninades Κομνηνάδες | |
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  Komninades | |
| Coordinates:40°31′7″N20°59′50″E / 40.51861°N 20.99722°E /40.51861; 20.99722 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Nestorio |
| Municipal unit | Akrites |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 74 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Komninades (Greek:Κομνηνάδες, before 1927: Σιάκι –Siaki;[2]Albanian:Shag)[3] is a village inKastoria Regional Unit,Western Macedonia,Greece.
Siaki was populated byAlbanian speaking Muslim inhabitants and they used to intermarry with the nearby Muslim villages of Menkulas, Vidohovë and Miras (now inAlbania).[4][3] The 1920 Greek census recorded 690 people in the village, and 683 inhabitants (95 families) were Muslim in 1923.[5] Following theGreek–Turkish population exchange, the Muslim population of Siaki went toTurkey in 1924 and Anatolian Orthodox Christians settled in the village.[3]Greek refugee families in Siaki were fromPontus (69) in 1926.[5] The 1928 Greek census recorded 254 inhabitants.[5] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 67 (266 people).[5] After the population exchange, the site where the village mosque stood was replaced by the present church, the Assumption of the Virgin, built in 1931.[4]