Kastri
Καστρί
Kastri is located in Greece
Kastri
Kastri
Coordinates: 39°33′N 20°16′E / 39.550°N 20.267°E / 39.550; 20.267
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitThesprotia
MunicipalityIgoumenitsa
Municipal unitIgoumenitsa
Community
[1]
 • Population754 (2011)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationΗΝ

Kastri (Greek: Καστρί or Καστρίον, Kastríon; Albanian: Kastriot) is a town in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece.[2][3] The local church is dedicated to Saint George.

Kastri is regarded as a place mainly inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian-speaking community.[4] During the Axis occupation of Greece, 18 residents of Kastri were executed by German forces and local Cham Albanian collaborators.[5]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ "Location of Kastri". Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ Ahmedaja, Ardian; Gerlinde Haid (2008). European voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. European Voices. Vol. 1. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 243. ISBN 978-3-205-78090-8.
  4. ^ Ethnologia Balkanica. LIT Verlag Münster. 2002. p. 179.
  5. ^ Έκθεσις των γενομένων ζημιών εν γένει Ηπείρου από της κηρύξεως του Ελληνο-ιταλικού πολέμου (28-10-40) μέχρι της τελικής απελευθερώσεώς της, Οκτώβριος 1944, Βιβλιοθήκη Ηπειρωτικής Εταιρείας Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1987, σ. 136 και 140.
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