Avgi | |
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Coordinates: 40°25′9″N 21°10′36″E / 40.41917°N 21.17667°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Agia Triada |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 129 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Avgi (Greek: Αυγή, before 1928: Μπρέστενη - Bresteni,[2] renamed until 1929: Κρύα Νερά - Krya Nera[3]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The Greek census (1920) recorded 312 people in the village and in 1923 there were 200 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim.[4] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Bresteni there were refugee families from East Thrace (2), Asia Minor (8), Pontus (5), the Caucasus (22) and one other from an unidentified location.[4] The Greek census (1928) recorded 265 village inhabitants.[4] There were 39 refugee families (143 people) in 1928.[4] After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees who settled in the village demolished its mosque.[5]