Nestorio Νεστόριο | |
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 Panoramic view | |
  Nestorio Location within the region  | |
| Coordinates:40°24′N21°3′E / 40.400°N 21.050°E /40.400; 21.050 | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christos Gkosliopoulos[1] (since 2019) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 616.1 km2 (237.9 sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 336.3 km2 (129.8 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,700 m (5,600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 2,149 |
| • Density | 3.5/km2 (9.0/sq mi) |
| • Municipal unit | 1,184 |
| • Municipal unit density | 3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi) |
| • Community | 761 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 520 51 |
| Vehicle registration | AT |
| Website | www |
Nestorio (Greek:Νεστόριο,Nestório;Macedonian:Нестрам andBulgarian:Нестрам,Nestram or Нѐсрам,Nésram)[3][4][5] is avillage and amunicipality in theKastoria regional unit ofWestern Macedonia,Greece. Nestorio is approximately 28 km (17 mi) southwest ofKastoria, at the banks of the riverAliakmon.
The municipality Nestorio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[6]
The municipality has an area of 616.072 km2, the municipal unit 336.326 km2.[7]
The municipal unit of Nestorio is divided into the following communities:[6]
The area was ruled by theOttoman Empire until theBalkan Wars of 1912–13, in the late 19th and early 20th century as part ofManastir Vilayet. The population of Nestram consisted of an older local Slavic speaking population and a smallAromanian population that originated from the nearby village ofLinotopi [bg;el;mk;sq] on theGramos mountains that were later assimilated by the Slavonic villagers.[8] At the beginning of the twentieth century, in Nestram there were 16 Aromanian speaking families and 455 Slavic speaking families.[8] Nestram had 2,700 inhabitants in the beginning of the 20th century and most of them were Slavophone (Slavic speaking) Orthodox Christians and a few of them Aromanians. In the early 20th century the majority of the inhabitants of Nestram accepted the rule of the Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov (Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics) the inhabitants of Nestram in 1900 wereBulgarians.[9] The population during the Turkish occupation exceeded 5200+ inhabitants.[8]
Nestram, along with the rest of southernMacedonia, was incorporated into Greece in 1913 following the Balkan Wars. The village was known as Nestrami (Greek:Νεστράμι) until 1926 when it was renamed as Agios Nestor (Greek:Άγιος Νέστωρ).[10] In 1928, the village received its current Greek name Nestorion (Greek:Νεστόριον).[11]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[12] The village Nestorio had a total of 2000 inhabitants, and was populated by 1300Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.[13]
In the modern period, the village isSlavic speaking with a Greek orientation.[14] Field work conducted recently showed only a rudimentary competence in Slavic among the village's inhabitants.[14]
The village holds an annual rock festival in late-July, called 'River Party'.[15] River Party started in 1978. The bands come from theGreek rock scene, especially fromAthens andThessaloniki and with foreign guests, including from the wider region.[16]
| Year | Community | Municipal unit | Municipality |
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| 1981 | 1,233 | - | - |
| 1991 | 1,158 | 1,928 | - |
| 2001 | 1,214 | 1,782 | - |
| 2011 | 964 | 1,411 | 2,646 |
| 2021 | 761 | 1,184 | 2,149 |
Administrative division of theWestern Macedonia Region | ||
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| Regional unit ofFlorina |  | |
| Regional unit ofGrevena | ||
| Regional unit ofKastoria | ||
| Regional unit ofKozani | ||
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