Ammochori
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Ammochori | |
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  Ammochori | |
| Coordinates: 40°46′55″N 21°29′5″E / 40.78194°N 21.48472°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Perasma |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 1,077 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ammochori (Greek: Αμμοχώρι, before 1927: Πεσόνιτσα – Pesonitsa;[2] Macedonian/Bulgarian: Песочница, Pesochnitsa) is a village in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 796 people in the village, and 60 inhabitants (8 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Pesonitsa were from Asia Minor (2), Pontus (29) and the Caucasus (17) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,092 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 49 (195 people).[3]
